Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb
Inis Oírr, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Inis Oírr
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.05873, -9.54060
- SMR number
- GA120-020----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In a level area of small fields on W side of the island. The remains consist of a slightly wedge-shaped gallery opening to SE (L 3.5m, Wth 1.75m at NW narrowing to 1.3m at SE). Each side is formed by a row of slabs which is doubled on S and curved at NW end where it is crossed by a roadside wall. Known locally as a 'grave'. (Robinson 1980)
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Updated by: Olive Alcock
Date of revised upload: 11 July 2017
Nearby in the register
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Clochanunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.