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Souterrain

Drumminacloghaun, County Galway, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Souterrain, Drumminacloghaun, 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
Drumminacloghaun
County
Galway
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.05552, -8.84238
SMR number
GA122-079001-

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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 N sector of a rath (GA122-079----). This well-preserved drystone-built souterrain (L >19m) consists of two separate chambers that appear to have been originally connected by a now partially blocked creep. Access to the 1st chamber (L 7.4m; Wth 2m max.; H 1.2m), which runs NE-SW, is gained via a breach in the roof. A creep (Wth 0.9m; H 0.45m) midway along its W wall extends W for a distance of 2m and is then blocked by rubble. It probably accessed chamber 2 which lies c. 3.9m to the W. An area of collapse separates both chambers at ground level. A small alcove is also visible towards the S end of the W wall of chamber 1. An opening, now blocked, in its S end suggests that it was the original entrance to the souterrain. The 2nd chamber (L 7.8m; Wth 1.9m max.; H 1.85m), which runs E-W, is accessed via a breach in the roof at its E end. Rubble extends into the chamber to the W of the breach for a distance of 3m but beyond it, it is possible to stand upright. The collapse to the E of the breach suggests that the chamber continued further to the E towards the creep.

Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG

Date of upload: 12 December 2017

Nearby in the register

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

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