Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Knockaunnakirkeen, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockaunnakirkeen
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Cave
- Latest-edition OS map
- Cave
- Coordinates
- 53.09927, -8.41540
- SMR number
- GA125-077001-
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1857 · 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
On the crest of a steep ridge in pastureland. Within the site of a possible rath (GA125-077----). When initially visited by the Survey in May 1983, this drystone-built L-shaped souterrain (L >7.4m) consisted of two chambers. Access was gained to the 1st chamber (L 7.4m; Wth 1.7m; H 1.8m), which ran E-W, through a cracked roof lintel. The 2nd chamber extended from its NW end and ran N-S. It was filled with rubble and was inaccessible. No visible surface trace of the souterrain was noted during a revisit in 1985.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 10 January 2018
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Barracksunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.