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Sundial

Inishcaltra Or Holy Island, County Clare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Sundial, Inishcaltra Or Holy Island, County Clare, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Inishcaltra Or Holy Island
County
Clare
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.91549, -8.44835
SMR number
CL029-009034-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · 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

Not listed in the SMR (1992) or the 1996 RMP. This record is for the original location of a sundial that according to Macalister (1916-17, 167, no. 92, and plate XXIV) was on the S wall of the nave of St. Caimin’s church (CL029-009011-) on Inis Cealtra (Holy Island), Co. Clare. It is now in the OPW depot in Athenry, Co. Galway where it has SMR number (GA084-151008-) (L 1.46m; Wth at top 0.4m; Wth at base 0.36m; T 0.1m). Macalister (ibid.) described the sundial as a slab with a hole for the gnomon, pierced through the stone, and a semicircle with five rays below it.’

Compiled by: Mary Tunney

Date of upload: 22 July 2015

References

Macalister, R.A.S 1916-17 The history and antiquities of Inis Cealtra. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, 33C, 93-174.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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