Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Castlegar (dunkellin By.), County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Castlegar (dunkellin By.)
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.21601, -8.84189
- SMR number
- GA103-104----
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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
This drystone-built souterrain was discovered when an old house was being knocked down by a bulldozer. It consisted of a rectangular chamber (L 2.2m; Wth 1m) running NNW-SSE (SMR file). It was subsequently sealed and apart from one roof lintel, no visible surface trace survives.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 9 September 2019
Nearby in the register
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Inauguration siteunder 1 mi
- Enclosure - large enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.