Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Cloghboley,rooaunmore (dunkellin By.), County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cloghboley,rooaunmore (dunkellin By.)
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Cave
- Coordinates
- 53.16029, -8.84419
- SMR number
- GA113-097001-
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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 interior of a cashel (GA113-097----). This drystone-built souterrain consists of a rectangular passage with a possible creep. The passage (L 10.5m; Wth 1.8m; H 1.9m) runs E-W and access is gained via a breach some 3.5m from its E end. Two lines of corbels support the massive roof-slabs. The possible creep (L 2.3m; Wth 0.85m) extends from the W end of the S side-wall and runs N-S. It is filled with rubble. (McCaffrey 1952, 269, no. 10)
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 28 November 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 Unpublished MA thesis, National University of Ireland, Galway.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
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.