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Souterrain

Tooreen West, County Galway, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Souterrain, Tooreen 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
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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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 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

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

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