Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Ballyglass West (dunkellin By.), County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyglass West (dunkellin By.)
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Caves
- Latest-edition OS map
- Caves
- Coordinates
- 53.13578, -8.83158
- SMR number
- GA113-013001-
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 W sector of a rath (GA113-013----). Indicated on 1st (1838) and 3rd eds. (1922) of OS maps. When visited by the Survey in 1982 this souterrain was blocked up.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 14 October 2016
This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 6/1984).
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.