Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Ballyturin, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyturin
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.06016, -8.76355
- SMR number
- GA123-020001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
Within the interior of a cashel (GA123-020----). In the early 1960s a depression in the centre of the cashel lead to a 'tunnel or cave' that was 'stone and flag built' (SMR file). No visible surface trace survives.
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 15 February 2019
References
SMR file - Sites and monuments record files in the National Monuments Service, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Architectural fragmentunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.