Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Lissyegan (hodson), County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lissyegan (hodson)
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Cave
- Coordinates
- 53.41496, -8.28828
- SMR number
- GA061-106001-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In WNW sector of a ring for (GA061-106----). A poorly preserved drystone-built souterrain (L 13m) running NNW-SSE. Access is gained at SSE end which has been robbed out out. Evidence of a possible air vent at NNW end, where the chamber appears to abut or underlie the inner face of the bank of the rath.
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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Pumpunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.