Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Stone circle
Commons East, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Commons East
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.06652, -8.42252
- SMR number
- GA125-039----
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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
On the S-facing slope of a hill in scrubland. This stone circle (diam. 11m), in fair condition, consists of seven stones more or less symmetrically arranged with the smallest and lowest towards the W. The entrance (Wth
1.5m), at E, is flanked by the two tallest stones (H 1m and 0.6m) which are 1.5m apart (Ó Nualláin 1983, 148). (McMahon 1978, 78-9)
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 13 December 2019
References
Ó Nualláin, S. 1983 Stone circle at Commons East, Co. Galway. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 113, 148.
McMahon, M. 1977 Stone Monuments in the Ballinakill District. Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society 36 (1977-78), 78-81.
Nearby in the register
- Mineunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- House - 18th/19th centuryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.