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Cahergal (headford Ed.), County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cahergal (headford Ed.)
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.44942, -9.11421
- SMR number
- GA055-025003-
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 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Within SW quadrant of an enclosure (GA055-025001-). A rectangular drystone-built structure (NNW-SSE; L 1.7m, Wth 0.6m, H 1.05m) capped by two large flat slabs. According to local information, it was used to celebrate mass in penal times. To NE of the enclosure, there is a large natural boulder (GA055-025004-) which was used as a lookout post while mass was being celebrated.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999).
Date of upload: 05 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.