Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Architectural fragment
Northampton, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Northampton
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.12331, -8.90873
- SMR number
- GA113-171001-
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 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Associated with a holy well (GA113-171----). The head of a two-light cusped ogee-headed window is set above the narrow pointed opening to the well. A plain roughly hewn cross with a round base is set behind it. The origin of the fragment is unknown. (Korff and O'Connell 1985; Gosling 1987, 9-10)
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 5 May 2023
Gosling 1987, 9-10.
References
Korff, A. and O'Connell, J. 1985 Kinvara: a rambler's map and guide. Kinvarra.
Nearby in the register
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Designed landscape - follyunder 1 mi
- Designed landscape - follyunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.