Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Ballinillaun, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballinillaun
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.25204, -8.83932
- SMR number
- GA095-001002-
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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
In reclaimed pastureland; this souterrain is c. 45m to the ENE of a cashel (GA095-001002-). On inspection in April 1967 some of the roof lintels had been robbed out and the interior was filled solidly with field-clearance stones. This may be the souterrain recorded by McCaffrey (1952, 125, no. 50).
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 25 October 2019
References
McCaffrey, P. 1952 A contribution to the archaeology of the barony of Dunkellin, Co. Galway. Unpublished MA thesis, National University of Ireland, Galway.
Nearby in the register
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.