Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
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Ceathrú An Lisín, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ceathrú An Lisín
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Labbanakinneriga
- Latest-edition OS map
- Labbanakinneriga
- Coordinates
- 53.08382, -9.59019
- SMR number
- GA119-081002-
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
Immediately to the S of the church (GA119-081001-). This rectangular drystone structure (L 3.04m; Wth 1.66m; H 0.8m) is reputedly the grave of St Cinndearg (Robinson 1980). There is a cross (GA119-081003-) at its E end. (O'Flanagan 1927, Vol. 3, 406)
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 19 January 2015
This monument was taken into Ownership under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 - National Monument 42.
References
O'Flanagan, Rev. M. (Compiler) 1927 Letters containing information relative to the antiquities of the county of Galway collected during the progress of the Ordnance Survey in 1839. Typescript in 3 vols. Bray.
Robinson, T. 1980 The Aran Islands, Co. Galway: a map and guide. Árainn. Published by the author.
Nearby in the register
- Crossunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.