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Mound

Inis Oírr, County Galway, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Mound, Inis Oírr, County Galway, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

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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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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