Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Altar
Skecoor, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Skecoor
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.21839, -8.25191
- SMR number
- GA107-176002-
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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
On a hummock in gently undulating grassland. Named 'R.C. Chapel & Altar' on the 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map. No visible surface trace survives. According to the landowner the chapel was a penal chapel.
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 3 April 2020
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.