Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Cullenagh Beg, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cullenagh Beg
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Cave
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.15114, -8.81766
- SMR number
- GA113-106001-
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
In the NW quadrant of the interior of a rath (GA113-106----). A linear depression (L 12m; Wth 2m), running NNW-SSE, may mark the site of the 'Cave' shown on the 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map. (McCaffrey 1952, 270, No. 27)
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 4 December 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 Unpublished MA thesis, National University of Ireland, Galway.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 - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.