Settlement cluster in Kilcornan (kilconnell By.)

In poorly drained grassland, bounded at E and W by two streams. Aerial reconnaissance in July 1970 (CUCAP BDN 73) revealed a well-preserved deserted village covering an area c. 300m NE-SW by 275m NW-SE. It consists of eight rectangular plots, situated on either side of a narrow grass-covered 'street'. This runs E-W through the 'village' and can be traced for a considerable distance to NW and SE. Each plot contains one or two houses, some with internal divisions. The 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map shows three roofed buildings in this area along with a section of the roadway. This and its regular layout, when coupled with the absence of a church, castle or other diagnostic features, suggest that it is of 17th/18th-C date. Furthermore, the area is also known locally as 'the sixteen tenants'. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010 The monument was taken into Ownership under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 - National Monument 642.