Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Caherapheepa,fahymactibbot, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Caherapheepa,fahymactibbot
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.21909, -8.81019
- SMR number
- GA104-074002-
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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 N half of a cashel (GA104-074001-). Redington (1916a, 52) notes that on NW side of the cashel a souterrain ‘passes under both ramparts to the exterior of the fort’. The souterrain is evident in the N sector, to the E of an internal wall, and it is indicated by three roof lintels; a fourth has been removed. The interior of the passage (L 3.9m), which appears to run NE-SW, is being used as a dump and is inaccessible. (McCaffrey 1952, 219, no. 1a)
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 9 January 2017
References
McCaffrey, P. 1952 A contribution to the archaeology of the barony of Dunkellin, Co. Galway. Unpublished MA thesis, National University of Ireland, Galway.
Redington, M. 1916a Notes on the Ordnance Survey Letters relating to the barony of Dunkellin: v. - Killeeneen parish. Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society 9, 45-61.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.