Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Eyrecourt Demesne, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Eyrecourt Demesne
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Cave
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.20248, -8.12079
- SMR number
- GA108-084----
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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Circa 50m to the NE of Eyrecourt House (GA108-086001-). Marked ‘Cave’ in Roman script on the 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map. No visible surface trace survives; possibly a souterrain or a natural cave. Another possible souterrain (GA108-083---) lies c. 75m to the NE.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 2 October 2019
Nearby in the register
- House - 17th centuryunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.