Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Milestone
Gort, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gort
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- M.S.
- Coordinates
- 53.06898, -8.82020
- SMR number
- GA122-098----
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
On the N outskirts of Gort town, in a grassy verge the E side of the R458. This milestone, named ‘M.S.’ on the 1922 edition of the OS 6-inch map, has been moved c. 50m to the S of its original location (ITM 545014, 702405). It consists of a well-dressed flat-topped trapezoidal-shaped limestone pillar (H 0.56m; Wth 0.28 at front, 0.42 at rear; D 0.35m) with a narrow chamfer to the front angles. The inscription on the front face would have read ‘17 From Galway’ but, due to severe spalling, all that survives of it is ‘--/--om/Galway’ (O’Sullivan 2021, No. 1). The milestone is one of nine in the study area, see also GA122-147----, GA122-148----, GA113-189----, GA113-217----, GA113-218----, GA103-217----, GA103-218---- and GA103-219----). (McManus 2022, 8-10, No. 1; SMR file)
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 15 March 2023
McManus, G. 2022 Nine 18th-century milestones on the 'Old Galway Road' from Gort to Galway. Unpublished specialist report, Ardrahan Heritage Group.
O'Sullivan, J. 2021 Nine 18th-century milestones on the 'Old Galway Road'. Unpublished specialist report, Ardrahan Heritage Group.
References
SMR file - Sites and monuments record files in the National Monuments Service, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.
Nearby in the register
- Townunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Barracksunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.