Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Gowil, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gowil
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Gallán
- Coordinates
- 53.10760, -8.21954
- SMR number
- GA118-050----
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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In gently rolling pastureland. Indicated on the 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map and named 'Gallán' in Gothic script on the 1946 edition. No visible surface trace survives; possibly removed during field clearance.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 17 December 2019
Nearby in the register
- House - 18th/19th centuryunder 1 mi
- Quarryunder 1 mi
- House - 18th/19th centuryunder 1 mi
- Quarryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.