Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Knockaunbrack, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockaunbrack
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.64253, -8.67153
- SMR number
- GA005-085001-
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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 S-facing slopes of Checker Hill. Known locally as 'Moore's Fort (Neary 1914, 120, no. 6), this poorly preserved overgrown circular ringfort (D 27m) is defined by a drystone wall, intervening fosse and a stone-lined outer bank of earth. There is an entrance (Wth 2m) at E. According to local tradition, there was a 'cave' (possible souterrain) within the interior. A large pit (L/Wth 7m) at S is said to mark its site. However, this afppears more likely to be a gravel pit. Two ringforts (GA005-086----, GA005-087----) lie c. 230m to W and c. 180m to SW respectively.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999).
Date of upload: 05 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.