Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Kiltiernan East, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kiltiernan East
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Cave
- Latest-edition OS map
- Souterrain
- Coordinates
- 53.18800, -8.84357
- SMR number
- GA103-139003-
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
In the W sector of the interior of the ecclesiastical enclosure (GA103-139002-) at Kiltiernan. This souterrain is defined by a linear hollow (L >9.4m; Wth 2.45m max.) aligned ESE-WNW. At its ESE end two roof lintels are visible. One of these still rests on drystone side-walls which are 1.6m apart. (McCaffrey 1952, 198, no. 63)
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 8 February 2018
References
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 Unpublished MA thesis, National University of Ireland, Galway.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
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.