Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Ballynamannin, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynamannin
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Caves
- Latest-edition OS map
- Caves
- Coordinates
- 53.20094, -8.74104
- SMR number
- GA104-052001-
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 S half of a multivallate rath (GA104-052----). This well-preserved rectangular drystone-built souterrain consists of a chamber (L 9.9m; Wth 1.1m; H 1.2m), running NNW-SSE, in the SE quadrant of the interior of the rath. Access is gained at its SSE end. An air-vent is evident in the NNW end wall and a small recess is visible at the N end of the E wall. In the SW quadrant, an inaccessible passage (L c. 8.8m; Wth 1.9m) runs N-S. The present entrance at its S end is now blocked. These two sections probably form part of the same souterrain. (McCaffrey 1952, 215-16, no. 65)
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 6 September 2019
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 Unpublished MA thesis, National University of Ireland, Galway.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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.