Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Carraghadoo, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carraghadoo
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Cave
- Latest-edition OS map
- Souterrain
- Coordinates
- 53.18908, -8.86855
- SMR number
- GA103-092001-
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 WSW sector of a cashel (GA103-092----). This drystone-built souterrain is blocked up. However, a visual inspection indicated that it consists of a roughly rectangular chamber (L 3.4m; Wth 1.8m) running NNW-SSE. It curves slightly towards the S end. (McCaffrey 1952, 190, no. 60; Killanin and Duignan 1967, 317)
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 23 January 2017
References
Killanin, M.M. and Duignan, M.V. 1967 (2nd ed.) The Shell guide to Ireland. London. The Ebury Press.
McCaffrey, P. 1952 A contribution to the archaeology of the barony of Dunkellin, Co. Galway. Unpublished MA thesis, National University of Ireland, Galway.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.