Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Lavallyconor, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lavallyconor
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.19365, -8.78907
- SMR number
- GA104-170002-
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 SW quadrant of a cashel (GA104-170001-). This partially destroyed souterrain (L >14.8m) is indicated by an overgrown and rubble-strewn L-shaped passage. The long axis (L 9.7m) runs WNW-ESE and the short axis (L 5.1m) extends off its NE end and runs NE-SW. At NE it disappears under a mound of rubble. The passage varies in width from 1.3m to 3.9m. Some broken slabs in the immediate vicinity may be the remains of roof lintels. (McCaffrey 1952, 235, no. 96a)
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 10 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 Unpublished MA thesis, National University of Ireland, Galway.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
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.