Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Leacht
Inis Oírr, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Inis Oírr
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.06587, -9.52918
- SMR number
- GA120-002009-
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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)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located c. 15m to the SE of the church (GA120-002001-), this rectangular leacht (1.75m E-W; 1.55m N-S) is constructed of a neat plinth of limestone masonry. A rectangular limestone slab rests slightly askew on top of it (information from Dr J. Waddell). There is a bullaun stone (GA120-002005-) on the ground to the NW. (Gosling 1993, 96, no. 553)
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 21 January 2016
References
Gosling, P. (compiler) 1993 Archaeological inventory of County Galway, vol. 1: West Galway. Dublin. Stationery Office.
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
- Leachtunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.