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House - indeterminate date

Cruach Na Cara, County Galway, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of House - indeterminate date, Cruach Na Cara, 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
Cruach Na Cara
County
Galway
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Penitential Station
Latest-edition OS map
Penitential Station
Coordinates
53.30458, -9.91757
SMR number
GA076-020005-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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

Associated with the ecclesiastical remains at the SE end of Cruach na Cara/St Macdara’s Island and named 'Penitential Station' on the OS 6-inch maps. This possible house site lies c. 14m to the NW of the church (GA076-020001-). It is defined by a line of boulders along the W, N and E sides. No visible surface trace of the S side survives. A possible cross-wall is visible in the interior, the E half of which is strewn with rubble. It is possible that the name on the 6-inch maps is referring to the leacht (GA076-020004-).

Compiled by: Olive Alcock

Date of upload: 11 June 2018

This monument was taken into Guardianship under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 - National Monument 242.

Nearby in the register

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

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