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Souterrain

Carrowreagh (Longford By.), County Galway, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Souterrain, Carrowreagh, County Galway, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Carrowreagh (Longford By.)
County
Galway
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Cave
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.24350, -8.40396
SMR number
GA098-070002-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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

Named 'Cave' on the 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map. No visible surface trace of this possible souterrain is evident.

Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG

Date of upload: 25 January 2017

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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