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Souterrain

Aghlisk, County Galway, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Souterrain, Aghlisk, County Galway, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Aghlisk
County
Galway
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
NULL
Latest-edition OS map
Souterrain
Coordinates
53.54282, -8.82215
SMR number
GA029-001001-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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

Within N Half of a ringfort (GA029-001----). Well-preserved drystone-built souterrain consisting of three chambers connected by two creeps; known locally as 'Gurranes cave' (Costello 1903, 1). Present access via a displaced roof lintel into a short passage (L 2.1m) at SE end of 1st chamber (L 6.5) which runs NW-SE. A creep at NW end leads to 2nd chamber (L 11.5m) running NE-SW. Another creep at SW end of this chamber leads to 3rd chamber (L. 6.3m) running NNE-SSW. Costello (ibid., 2) noted the existence of two air vents at S end of 3rd chamber, only one of which survives. (Costello 1902b, 112-13; Killanin and Duignan 1967, 447)

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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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