Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Dungory West, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dungory West
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.14359, -8.92458
- SMR number
- GA113-123002-
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
According to local tradition, there is a souterrain (GA113-123002-) in the W part of the interior of the rath (GA113-123001-). However, no visible surface trace of it survives.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 8 August 2017
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Promontory fort - coastalunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.