Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial ground
Marblehill, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Marblehill
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Grave Yard
- Latest-edition OS map
- Grave Yard
- Coordinates
- 53.08185, -8.48419
- SMR number
- GA125-132----
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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
On a slight rise in hilly pastureland in the demesne of Marblehill. This burial ground, originally circular in plan (diam. 20.3m), now consists of a kidney-shaped platform which is defined by a low bank. Its inner face is unclear but slight traces of a possible revetment are visible. The interior is uneven and a number of stones marking graves break through the sod cover. They do not follow any clear alignment.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 3 September 2019
Nearby in the register
- Anomalous stone groupunder 1 mi
- Country houseunder 1 mi
- Altarunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.