Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Kilbeacanty, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilbeacanty
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Cave
- Latest-edition OS map
- Cave
- Coordinates
- 53.06731, -8.77456
- SMR number
- GA123-052001-
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 WSW sector of a cashel (GA123-052----). This drystone-built rectangular passage (L 4.9m; Wth 1.58m; H 1.55m) runs ENE-WSW. Access is gained via a displaced roof lintel near its W end. A possible air vent is visible at its E end.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 5 January 2018
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.