Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Rathbaun (dunkellin By.), County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathbaun (dunkellin By.)
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Cave
- Latest-edition OS map
- Cave
- Coordinates
- 53.15128, -8.77912
- SMR number
- GA114-154001-
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 interior of a rath (GA114-154----). Named 'Cave' on the 1838 and 1921 edition of the OS 6-inch map. No visible surface trace survives. When McCaffrey (1952, 289, no. 27) visited the monument he could not locate the souterrain due to dense overgrowth. On re-inspection in November 1982 no visible surface trace was noted.
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 8 March 2018
References
McCaffrey, P. 1952 A contribution to the archaeology of the barony of Dunkellin, Co. Galway. Unpublished MA thesis, National University of Ireland, Galway.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.