Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Leacht
Inishshark, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Inishshark
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Monuments
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.60615, -10.26819
- SMR number
- GA009D002001-
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 the SE side of Inishshark. Three ‘Monuments’ indicated by dots, roughly forming the points of a triangle, are shown on the 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map immediately to the W of the W gable of the church (GA009D002----). No visible surface traces of any survive. It is unclear exactly what the monuments were but it is possible that they were leachts or wayside cairns associated with the church.
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 29 March 2023
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Crossunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.