What is recorded here

Inis Oírr is a small island off County Galway, home to Mound in Inis Oírr, a grass-covered horse-shoe shaped mound on level ground in the centre of the island. It measures 14.3m NE-SW and 10.45m E-W, rises 1.6m at its steepest northern edge, and opens west-northwest. A collapsed field wall crosses it, and another mound lies 45m to the southwest. The shape suggests a fulacht fia, but it is more likely the remains of a settlement mound, possibly a round house.

This monument came to light during the course of fieldwork on the AranLIFE Farming Project (2014-2018) (see www.aranlife.ie). It is on level ground in the centre of the island. It consists of a grass-covered well-defined mound (14.3m NE-SW; 10.45m E-W) which is horse-shoe shaped in plan and occupies almost the full width of the N half of the field in which it is located. A collapsed field wall runs across it from E to W. The mound opens to the WNW (Wth 7.5m). It is highest and steepest at N (H 1.6m); at S it is more gently rounded in profile (H 1.4m at SW). While the appearance of the mound is suggestive of a fulacht fia, it is more likely to be the remains of a settlement mound, possibly a round house. Another mound (GA120-037----) lies c. 45m to the SW. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 12 December 2018

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