Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Ballylin East, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballylin East
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Cave
- Latest-edition OS map
- Cave
- Coordinates
- 53.20326, -8.70155
- SMR number
- GA104-033----
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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
In undulating pastureland. When initially visited by the Survey in March 1983, this souterrain consisted of a
drystone-built chamber (L 4.6m; Wth 1.6m) running NW-SE. Access was gained via an opening at the SE end. There was some collapse at the NW end but beyond this more roof lintels indicated the possible presence of a creep and a second chamber. The chamber was subsequently filled in during land reclamation and no visible surface trace survives. (McCaffrey 1952, 212, no. 42)
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 6 September 2019
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - wedge tombunder 1 mi
- Quarryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.