Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Mound
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
- 53.05528, -9.54098
- SMR number
- GA120-045----
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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
This monument came to light during the course of fieldwork on the AranLIFE Farming Project (2014-2018) (see www.aranlife.ie). It is located at the SW end of the island at the base of a terrace. A small water trough has been built to its E. It consists of a small roughly oval-shaped mound of earth and stone (13m NE-SW; 4-6m NE-SW; max. H 1.3m) with a central hollow (Wth 3.9m) that opens to the WSW. Another similar mound (GA120-044----) lies in the next field, c. 20m to the SW.
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 12 December 2018
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.