Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Ardacong, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ardacong
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Souterrain
- Coordinates
- 53.54152, -8.84888
- SMR number
- GA029-010001-
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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
Within S half of a ringfort (GA029-010----). Fairly well-preserved drystone-built souterrain consisting of two chambers connected by a creep. Present access via displaced roof lintel in 1st chamber L 12m, Wth 1.7m) which runs E-W. The E half is robbed out. A creep and short passage (L 4m, Wth 0.9m) near SW end lead to 2nd chamber (L 8m) which runs NW-SE. (Costello 1902b, 111; Costello 1903, 3-4)
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 - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Leacht cuimhneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.