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Leacht

Westquarter, County Galway, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Leacht, Westquarter, County Galway, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Westquarter
County
Galway
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.61549, -10.23244
SMR number
GA009D025003-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1841 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Within the E sector of an ecclesiastical enclosure (GA009D025002-) and surrounded by a children's burial ground (GA009D025001-). Locally this structure is regarded as the site of St Scaithín's oratory but it may be the remains of a leacht. It is defined by a raised rectangular area (6.95m N-S; 2.4m E-W; H 0.24m). A clear edge, indicated by a line of boulders, is visible on the E side and intermittently so on the S, W and N sides. The interior is strewn with boulders and some rough pieces of quartz. Water-rolled stones, some of which are also of quartz, are also evident.

Compiled by: Olive Alcock

Date of upload: 31March 2023

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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