Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Killora, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killora
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Cave
- Latest-edition OS map
- Cave
- Coordinates
- 53.22023, -8.73494
- SMR number
- GA104-151002-
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
On a low hill, c. 25m to the W of 'Killora Church' (GA151001-). When initially visited by the Survey in December 1982, this souterrain was inaccessible. However, one roof lintel and traces of the side-walls were visible. On a revisit in 1992, no visible surface trace was evident. (McCaffrey 1952, 232, no. 10a)
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 9 October 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 Unpublished MA thesis, National University of Ireland, Galway.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
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.