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
- 53.69533, -8.56407
- SMR number
- GA001-027----
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
A hachured feature shown on the 1930 edition of the OS 6-inch map proved on inspection in 1984 to be a disused sand pit defined by a steep-sided gully. Probably of 19th/20th century date.
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 21 August 2014
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.