Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Stradbally South, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Stradbally South
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Cave
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.21349, -8.87782
- SMR number
- GA103-178----
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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 pastureland. Named 'Cave' on the 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map. On inspection in December 1982 no visible surface trace of this souterrain was evident. It was uncovered by a mechanical digger during the course of site preparation works for a septic tank in March 2000. Two roof lintels were displaced and as a result it was possible to access the souterrain (L 7.85m; Wth 0.98m H 1.12-1.67m), which runs ENW-WSW. Its walls were constructed of coursed limestone boulders and it was roofed with 10 lintels, 8 of which were in situ. Two wall cupboards were visible in the N wall and there was one in the S wall. The floor was covered with mud and loose stone. The souterrain is associated with a possible rath (GA103-178001-).
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 25 October 2019
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Mill - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Altarunder 1 mi
- Cross-inscribed stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.