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Quarry

Townparks (Moycarn By. - Ballinasloe), County Galway, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 1st edition (1829–1842) covering the location of Quarry, Townparks (Moycarn By. - Ballinasloe), County Galway, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 1st edition (1829–1842), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Townparks (Moycarn By. - Ballinasloe)
County
Galway
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.32650, -8.20284
SMR number
GA088-045----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · 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

A hachured feature marked on the 1945 revision of the OS 6-inch map proved on inspection in 1985 to be a disused gravel pit.

Compiled by: Olive Alcock

Date of upload: 23 July 2014

Nearby in the register

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

Sites and Monuments Record data: National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Record text is reproduced unchanged. National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland · CC BY 4.0
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