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Souterrain

Grange More, County Galway, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Souterrain, Grange More, County Galway, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Grange More
County
Galway
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Cave
Latest-edition OS map
Cave
Coordinates
53.16729, -8.40368
SMR number
GA106-165----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In a partially overgrown hollow on top of a hummock in pastureland. This inaccessible souterrain is marked by an exposed roof lintel, which suggests that the passage/chamber runs E-W. Another souterrain (GA106-164----) lies c. 170m to the NE.

Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG

Date of upload: 8 October 2019

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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