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
- 53.05346, -9.51383
- SMR number
- GA120-030----
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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
Within a small field in Ceathrú an Locha close to SE coast of the island. Traces of a possible enclosure/mound survive in the form of a thick revetted drystone wall curving from W through N to NNE (Wth l-5m, H 1.2m max.) and appearing to enclose an area to E of it. Along E and SE side of the field, a steep natural slope/scarp may represent a continuation of its line. From S to SW its course appears to be represented by a large ill-defined grassy oblong mound (E-W c. 16m, H 1.7m max.). This appears to be composed of a mass of broken limestone, limpet shells and animal bone. (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).
Date of upload: 05 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Seaweed standunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.