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
- Monuments
- Coordinates
- 53.60488, -10.27015
- SMR number
- GA009D004----
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).
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
On a slight rise at the SE end of Inishshark, c. 75m to the NE of ‘Clochan Leo’ (GA009D005----). Named 'Monuments' on the 1938 edition of the OS 6-inch map. A leacht (3m E-W ext.; 2.4m N-S ext., H 0.5m) was identified here in 2008 by Kuijt et al. (2010, 61, 63-4) during the course of fieldwork. It is well preserved and is defined by a number of courses of stone. It is heavily overgrown with vegetation and a large stone with a shallow hollow on its surface is lying on top of it. According to local information, this stone was believed to have curative powers (SMR file).
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Updated by: Olive Alcock
Date of revised upload: 29 March 2023
References
SMR file - Sites and monuments record files in the National Monuments Service, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.
Kuijt I., Lash R., Gibbons M., Higgins J., Goodale N. and O'Neill, J. 2010 Reconsidering early medieval seascapes: new insights from Inis Airc, Co. Galway,Ireland. Journal of Irish Archaeology XIX, 51-70.
Nearby in the register
- Hermitageunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Clochanunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.