Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Ballyshea, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyshea
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Cave
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.17691, -8.70280
- SMR number
- GA104-062001-
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 N sector of a possible rath (GA104-062----). Named 'Cave' on the 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map. McCaffrey recorded that it was 'Not present' during his survey and that the site was one of very rough limestone outcrop obscured by bushes. No visible surface trace survives.
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 1 August 2019
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Barrow - mound barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.