Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Kinmona South, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kinmona South
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Cave
- Latest-edition OS map
- Cave
- Coordinates
- 53.12839, -8.77301
- SMR number
- GA114-107001-
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 NW quadrant of a rath (GA114-107----). This partially collapsed and inaccessible souterrain (L >16m) is L-shaped in plan. The long axis (L 10m) runs N-S and is indicated by an area of collapse (L 6m) and a slight rise (L 4m). The short axis (L 6m) extends off its SE end and runs E-W. It is possible to view this section through a gap at its W end.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 9 January 2018
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Buildingunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.