Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hermitage
Ceathrú An Teampaill, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ceathrú An Teampaill
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Ooanraghtagh
- Latest-edition OS map
- Ooanraghtagh
- Coordinates
- 53.09374, -9.59612
- SMR number
- GA119-073----
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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)
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
This is a natural feature, a cave. Robinson (1980) records it as 'Uamhain Ghrióra'; St Gregory is said to have lived in it.
References
Robinson, T. 1980 The Aran Islands, Co. Galway: a map and guide. Árainn. Published by the author.
Nearby in the register
- Monumental structureunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.