Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
An Laigheachán, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- An Laigheachán
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.32560, -8.92541
- SMR number
- GA083-052001-
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 E sector of a cashel (GA083-052----). This souterrain is defined by a drystone-built subrectangular chamber (L 3.3m; Wth 1.8m max.; H 1.42-1.78m) running ENE-WSW. Access is gained at the WSW end.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 9 February 2018
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Settlement deserted - medievalunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.