Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Knockatogher, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockatogher
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.28464, -8.62480
- SMR number
- GA085-064----
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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
At the S end of a large hummock in low-lying grassland. A local man pointed out the site of this stone-built souterrain (L c. 1.8m; Wth c. 0.9m; H c. 1.2m), which he remembered crawling into as a child. It was partially blocked with stones and was subsequently filled. No visible surface trace of it is evident. A rath (GA085-066----) lies c. 110m to the SSE. (Cody 1989, 310, no. 133)
Compiled by: Galway Archaeology Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 25 October 2019
References
Cody, E. 1989 An archaeological survey of the barony of Athenry, Co. Galway. Unpublished MA thesis, University College Galway.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.