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
- 53.12903, -9.68984
- SMR number
- GA110-093003-
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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
Stands c. 20m WNW of GA110-093001-. A square mortared pier (L/Wth 1.3m, H 2.4m) surmounted by a cross bearing the letters IHS. The SW face contains two inscribed plaques commemorating 'Bridget Dirrane alis O Brien', dated 1811, and 'Julia Dirrane', dated 1868. (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
References
Robinson, T. 1980 The Aran Islands, Co. Galway: a map and guide. Árainn. Published by the author.
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.