Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Caherateige, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Caherateige
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.16138, -8.82021
- SMR number
- GA113-034001-
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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
In the NW quadrant of a cashel (GA113-034----). This drystone-built passage (L 8.4m), running E-W, is unroofed and partially filled with rubble for most of its length (6m). From the present access point, near the W end, a roofed section extends c. 2m to the W and runs under the cashel wall. At the E end a short section of drystone revetment extending off to the S suggests there may have been a second passage. (McCaffrey 1952, 266, no. 13c)
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 9 January 2017
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 Unpublished MA thesis, National University of Ireland, Galway.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
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.