Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Cahermorris, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cahermorris
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.43099, -8.98738
- SMR number
- GA056-041001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 the NW quadrant of the cashel (GA056-041---) there is a subrectangular depression (L 6.5m, Wth 3.8m) running NW-SE. On its E side, definite traces of stone-facing are visible. These remains may mark the site of a souterrain (GA056-041001-).
This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 3/1991).
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 26 November 2018
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Enclosure - large enclosureunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.