Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - unclassified
Galeybeg, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Galeybeg
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.55002, -8.06703
- SMR number
- RO042-106----
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
Marked only on the 1915 ed. of the OS 6-inch map as a small feature (diam. c. 20m), and situated at the summit of a limestone hill. Described as an earthen mound which was thought to be sepulchral (OS Name Book). The location is now occupied by a quarry. Burial (RO042-107----) is c. 160m to the NE.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 25 January 2010
References
OSNB 25-inch. Ordnance Survey Name Books compiled in the course of the 1:2500 survey of Ireland. National Archives of Ireland.
Nearby in the register
- Burialunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosure - large enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.