Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Liagán, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Liagán
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.34873, -9.17077
- SMR number
- GA068-037----
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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
In level pastureland to E of the old road from Moycullen to Oughterard. First recorded by O'Flaherty in 1684 (Hardiman 1846, 55-6), and known traditionally as 'Clough-more Legaun'. Described by Wilde as a 'large limestone flag... prostrated by the storm of 1839 and ... measures 121/2 feet [3.8m] long by 7 1/2 wide [2.3m], and is 13 inches thick [0.33m]' (1872, 304-5). Broken up in 1930s. (O'Flanagan 1927a, Vol. 3, 164)
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993).
Date of upload: 05 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.