Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Oranhill (Dunkellin By.), County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Oranhill (Dunkellin By.)
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.25435, -8.93268
- SMR number
- GA095-104----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
On a SE-facing slope in grassland, c. 150m to the SW of a rath (GA095-103----). A hand-written note, 'souterrain (?)', on the 1920 edition of the OS 6-inch map in the Department of Archaeology, NUIG indicates the presence of a possible souterrain at this location. On inspection in December 1982 no visible surface trace of it was evident.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 11 October 2019
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Barrow - mound barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.