Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cross-inscribed stone
Inishshark, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Inishshark
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.60461, -10.27119
- SMR number
- GA009D005003-
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
At the SE end of Inishshark. A large stone block bearing a small simple incised cross is visible on the internal wall-face of a clochan (GA009D005001-) located in the W half of an ecclesiastical enclosure (GA009D005----). The stone is directly opposite the entrance of the clochan, which is at the SE corner (Kuijt et al. 2010, 56-7).
The following image has been uploaded: GA009D005003-_01.jpg View from E
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 29 March 2023
References
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.
SMR file - Sites and monuments record files in the National Monuments Service, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.
Nearby in the register
- Clochanunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Clochanunder 1 mi
- Leachtunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.