Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Lisheeneenaun West, County Galway, Ireland
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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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 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
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Crossunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.