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Souterrain

Lisheeneenaun West, County Galway, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Souterrain, Lisheeneenaun West, County Galway, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Lisheeneenaun West
County
Galway
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Caves
Coordinates
53.16330, -8.88487
SMR number
GA113-147001-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Within the W half of the interior of a cashel (GA113-147----). This drystone-built souterrain (L >15.4m) is roughly T-shaped in plan. It consists of two chambers and a creep. The 1st chamber
(L 7.8m; Wth 1.6m; H 1.3m) runs WSW-ENE. Access is gained at its ENE end. Foundation stones extending beyond the access point suggest that the chamber extended further to the ENE. A blocked-up creep (L 0.7m; Wth 0.6m; H 0.45m) extends from near the W end of its S side-wall. This most likely leads to the 2nd chamber (L 7.8m; Wth 1.6m; H 1.85) which runs NW-SE. Access to this chamber is now gained through a gap in the roof. The foundations of a rectangular house site (GA113-147002-) overlie the SE corner of the 1st chamber.

Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG

Date of upload: 18 January 2018

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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