Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Cloran, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cloran
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.28130, -8.78580
- SMR number
- GA096-061001-
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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
A heap of small stones close to the centre of the interior of the rath (GA096-061----) and the presence of a large slab protruding from the ground could suggest the possible presence of a souterrain (E. Cody pers. comm.).
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 29 November 2017
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.