Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Tooreen West, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tooreen West
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.16086, -8.92291
- SMR number
- GA113-196001-
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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 centre of the interior of a cashel (GA113-196----). This souterrain came to light when the sod cover and scrub was being removed from the cashel in early 2007. A number of roof lintels had been removed and placed beside the souterrain passage and a section of the latter had been entirely removed. On re-inspection in August 2007, the passage had been back-filled and the roof lintels remained along side it. A further lintel and side-walling were visible below the sod cover, at the end of the back-filled section of the passage, indicating that some of the souterrain remained intact and continued on further.
The following image had been uploaded: GA113-196001-_01.jpg View of souterrain with roof lintels beside back-filled part of passage
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 19 July 2023
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Road - road/trackwayunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.