Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Quarry
Knockanarra, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockanarra
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.69547, -8.56475
- SMR number
- GA001-026----
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
On top of a glacial ridge overlooking the Island River to the SW. A small circular hachured area depicted on the 1930 edition of the OS 6-inch map proved on inspection in 1984 to be a sand and gravel pit.
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 4 July 2014
Nearby in the register
- Quarryunder 1 mi
- Quarryunder 1 mi
- Bridgeunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.