Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Quarry
Knockauns East, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockauns East
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.64995, -8.57012
- SMR number
- GA006-094----
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 circular hachured feature marked on the 1930 edition of the OS 6-inch map, and named 'Gravel Pit (Disused)' on the OS 25-inch plan, proved on inspection in 1984 to be a deep pit within a larger hollow. Probably of 19th/20th century date.
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 4 September 2014
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.