Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Mound
Inis Oírr, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Inis Oírr
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.05273, -9.52230
- SMR number
- GA120-026----
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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
On a gentle SE-facing slope in a roadside field in Ceathrú an Locha. Known locally as Móta (pers. comm. T. Robinson), it consists of a well-preserved pair of grassy mounds forming the terminals of a larger U-shaped mound (NNW-SSE c. 16.6m, ENE-WSW c. 23.3m, H c. 2.3m max.), opening towards ENE. Traces of kerbing are visible along SE side of N mound. The W end of S mound has been partly robbed, revealing a mass of small angular limestones and some limpet and animal bone. (Mason 1938, 197)
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).
Date of upload: 05 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.