What is recorded here

M.S. marks fifteen miles from Galway on the Old Galway Road, standing in an earthen embankment near Kiltartan church. Its limestone angles are sharp enough to cut a sleeve, yet its numbers have worn smooth under rain and time. The stone does not argue with distance; it repeats it, forcing every passing cart, horse or hurried foot to measure itself against Galway before going further into the county.

In an earthen embankment on the NE side of a local roadway, c. 200m to the NW of the entrance to Kiltartan church (GA122-104----). This milestone, named ‘M.S.’ on the 1922 edition of the OS 6-inch map, consists of a well-dressed flat-topped trapezoidal-shaped limestone pillar (H 0.63m; Wth 0.29m at front, 0.46m at rear; D 0.36m) with a narrow chamfer to the outer angles. It bears the following inscription of the front face: ‘15 From Galway’. The upper part of the numerals is damaged by heavy spalling (O’Sullivan 2021, No. 3). The milestone is one of nine in the study area, see also GA122-098----, GA122-147----, GA113-189----, GA113-217----, GA113-218----, GA103-217----, GA103-218---- and GA103-219----). (McManus 2022, 13-14, No. 3) Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 23 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 Unpublished specialist report, Ardrahan Heritage Group.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 Unpublished specialist report, Ardrahan Heritage Group.

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