Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
House - indeterminate date
Cruach Na Cara, County Galway, Ireland
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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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
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
- Leachtunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Leachtunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.