Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Loughcurra South, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Loughcurra South
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Cave
- Latest-edition OS map
- Cave
- Coordinates
- 53.12364, -8.91686
- SMR number
- GA113-162001-
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
Within the S sector of a rath (GA113-162001-). This drystone-built souterrain consists of a partially blocked rectangular chamber (L 7m; Wth 1.4m; H 0.95) running NE-SW. Access is gained via a displaced roof lintel. An air vent is evident in the chamber.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 9 February 2018
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.