Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Greenville, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Greenville
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Cave
- Coordinates
- 53.44552, -8.44915
- SMR number
- GA060-106001-
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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 interior of a ringfort (GA060-106----). A drystone-built souterrain, roughly U-shaped in plan, consisting of two chambers linked by a creep. The 1st chamber (L 7.7m, Wth 1.7m) runs roughly NE-SW. A creep (Wth 0.55m) at SW end gives access to 2nd chamber (L 9.5m, Wth 1.3m) which is bow-shaped and curves from SW to NE. Access is gained by openings at NE end of both chambers.
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
- Anomalous stone groupunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.