Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Caheravoley, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Caheravoley
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Cave
- Coordinates
- 53.41885, -8.90813
- SMR number
- GA057-068001-
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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
In SW quadrant of ringfort (GA057-068----). An L-shaped drystone souterrain consisting of two chambers connected by a drop-hole creep. Access to the 1st chamber (L 7.35m, Wth 1.29m), which runs ESE-WNW, is gained via a small opening at ESE end. Grassed-over foundation stones visible to ESE of this point suggest that the chamber extended further in this direction. The drop-hole creep (L 2.4m, Wth 0.83 max. H 0.78m), running off SW wall, at WNW end, leads to the 2nd chamber (L 8.25m, Wth 1.61m) which runs NME-SSW.
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 - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Wellunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.