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House - indeterminate date

Cahercon, County Galway, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of House - indeterminate date, Cahercon, County Galway, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Cahercon
County
Galway
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.11086, -8.91175
SMR number
GA113-055002-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Centrally located within a cashel (GA113-055----). A small raised rectangular stone-built
structure (L 3.5m; Wth 3m; H 0.8m) may be the remains of a house site. The NE and NW corners are marked by large undressed boulders while those at SW and SE consist of thinner flagstones.

Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG

Date of upload: 11 January 2017

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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