Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Mass-rock
Esker (Longford By.), County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Esker (Longford By.)
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.20330, -8.01606
- SMR number
- GA109-059----
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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)
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
In low-lying pastureland. This undressed limestone boulder (H 0.8m; c. Wth 1m; T 0.6m) is locally regarded as a mass-rock. One small field stone is set at its base at SW.
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 8 June 2017
Nearby in the register
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Quarryunder 1 mi
- Mill - cornunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.