Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Gortnaporia, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gortnaporia
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Cave
- Coordinates
- 53.46603, -9.02518
- SMR number
- GA042-142001-
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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 an earthwork (GA042-142----). A drystone-built souterrain, consisting of a passage/gallery (L 4.3m, Wth c. 1.4m) running SE-NW. Access is presently gained via an opening (Wth 0.63m) at SE, at which point the passage is choked with collapse. The NW end terminates in a squared-off end wall. A stone-lined depression to SE, of the opening suggests that the souterrain extended further in this direction.
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
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Watchtowerunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.