Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Milestone
Caherpeak East, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Caherpeak East
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- M.S.
- Coordinates
- 53.20295, -8.86328
- SMR number
- GA103-219----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
On the E side of the R458 about half a kilometre SSE of Kilcolgan. Named ‘M.S.’ on the 1933 edition of the OS 6-inch map, this milestone (H 0.7m; Wth 0.31m at front, 0.36m at rear; D 0.36m) consists of a well-dressed trapezoidal-shaped limestone pillar with even faces and a slight chamfer to the front margins. Spalling has occurred around the mid-right margin and around the top to the front and right. The OS bird’s foot benchmark is visible on the top. The inscription reads: ‘9 From Galway’ (O’Sullivan 2021, No. 9). The milestone is one of nine in the study area, see also GA122-098----, GA122-147----, GA122-148----, GA113-189----, GA113-217----, GA113-218----, GA103-217---- and GA103-218----). (McManus 2022, 25-6, No. 9)
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 15 March 2023
McManus, G. 2022 Nine 18th-century milestones on the 'Old Galway Road' from Gort to Galway. Unpublished specialist report, Ardrahan Heritage Group.
O'Sullivan, J. 2021 Nine 18th-century milestones on the 'Old Galway Road'. Unpublished specialist report, Ardrahan Heritage Group.
Nearby in the register
- Cairn - clearance cairnunder 1 mi
- Wellunder 1 mi
- Wellunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.