Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Leacht cuimhne
Cloonnacross, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cloonnacross
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Monument
- Coordinates
- 53.62535, -8.90222
- SMR number
- GA016-044----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1790 · Composite: 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
In level grassland. Well-preserved square mortared pier with a pyramidal top (L 2.46m, H 2m), set on a stone plinth. A field wall runs off to N and S. An inscription on a plaque on its N face commemorates Edmund Hopkins and family and is dated 1686. The inscription reads: GOD BE MERCIFULL UNTO THE SOUL OF EDMUND HOPKINS AND HIS FAMILY. HE DYED THE EIGHT OF JUNE ANNO DONI 1686. The monument was conserved in 2011. (Alcock et al. 1999, No. 3593)
Revised by: Paul Walsh
Revised date of upload: 11 April 2016
References
Alcock, O., de Hora, K. and Gosling, P. 1999 Archaeological Inventory of County Galway. Vol. II. North Galway. Dublin. Stationery Office.
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.