Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Leacht cuimhne
Eochaill (bar. árainn), County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Eochaill (bar. árainn)
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Monuments
- Coordinates
- 53.12924, -9.69055
- SMR number
- GA110-093----
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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 N side of road between Cill Rónáin and Eochaill, Inis Mór. The most westerly of a group of four leachtanna cuimhne (see also GA110-009001-, GA110-009002-, GA110-009003-). A rectangular mortared pier (L 1.25m, Wth 1.2m, H 2.6m) surmounted by a cross bearing the letters IHS. The SW face contains two plaques commemorating 'Patk O Donnell' and 'his wife', dated 1848(9?) and 1863. (Robinson 1980)
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
This monument was taken into Ownership under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 - National Monument 43.
References
Robinson, T. 1980 The Aran Islands, Co. Galway: a map and guide. Árainn. Published by the author.
Nearby in the register
- Leacht cuimhneunder 1 mi
- Leacht cuimhneunder 1 mi
- Leacht cuimhneunder 1 mi
- Milestoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.