Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
An Carn Mór Thiar, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- An Carn Mór Thiar
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.31396, -8.89663
- SMR number
- GA083-016----
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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
Souterrain on a rise in pastureland. This drystone-built L-shaped souterrain (L over 21m) consists of three chambers connected by two drop-hole creeps. It was discovered in 1982 during building operations and was subsequently surveyed (Buckley and O'Brien 1985-6, 139-42). The first chamber (L 6.5m; Wth 1.6m; H 1.5m) ran SSE-NNW. Access was gained at NNW end at a point where roof lintels had collapsed. The drop-hole creep (L 2m; Wth 0.7m; H 1m max.) extended off NNE side and lead to the second chamber (L 6.5m; Wth 1.4m. H 1.8m) which ran ENE-WSW. Another drop-hole creep (L 2.1m; Wth 0.9m; H 0.75m) at its ENE end lead to the third chamber (L 4m; Wth 1.8m; H 1.65m), which was similarly aligned. No visible surface trace survives.
Compiled by: Paul Gosling and Paul Walsh
Date of upload: 27 January 2015
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