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Martello tower

Ros An Mhíl, County Galway, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Martello tower, Ros An Mhíl, 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
Ros An Mhíl
County
Galway
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Ordnance Tower
Latest-edition OS map
Ordnance Tower
Coordinates
53.25506, -9.56217
SMR number
GA090-018----

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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

On seashore on E side of Cuan Chasla. A well-preserved tower, built in 1811-14, which is elliptical in plan externally but circular internally (D 8.92m, H 12m). A doorway on N side, on 1st-floor level, gives access to living quarters above the magazine, on ground floor, and basement water tank. Mural stairs lead to circular rooftop gun emplacement (D 7.75m) eccentrically placed to give broader parapet on seaward side. It mounted one gun rotating through 360 degrees; parts of the iron traversing platform and the 24-pounder cannon survive. (Kerrigan 1982, 41-3; Gosling 1990)

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

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

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