Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Caherbulligin, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Caherbulligin
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Cave
- Latest-edition OS map
- Souterrain
- Coordinates
- 53.24573, -8.79586
- SMR number
- GA096-023001-
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 NE quadrant of a cashel (GA096-023----). This drystone-built souterrain (L 7.2m;
Wth c. 1.2m) runs E-W, curving slightly to W. Access is gained at the E end via a series of sod-covered stone steps. The floor is covered with earth, stone, boulders and rubbish. (Redington 1916a, 55; McCaffrey 1952, 150, no. 48)
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 10 January 2017
References
McCaffrey, P. 1952 A contribution to the archaeology of the barony of Dunkellin, Co. Galway. Unpublished MA thesis, National University of Ireland, Galway.
Redington, M. 1916a Notes on the Ordnance Survey Letters relating to the barony of Dunkellin: v. - Killeeneen parish. Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society 9, 45-61.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Megalithic structureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.