Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Rathgorgin, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathgorgin
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.26086, -8.68118
- SMR number
- GA096-152001-
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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 level pastureland. Orpen (1916, 33-5) recorded the 'trace of a souterrain' near the inner 'rampart' of the rath (GA096-152----). When inspected by Cody (1989, 281-2, no. 107) the rath had been levelled and, apart from a slight roughness in the ground surface, no visible surface trace of it or the 'souterrain' survived.
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 17 June 2019
References
Orpen, G.H. 1915-16 The mote of Oldcastle and the castle of Rathgorgin. Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society 9, 33-44.
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 Unpublished MA thesis, University College Galway.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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.