Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Marblehill, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Marblehill
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Cave
- Latest-edition OS map
- Cave
- Coordinates
- 53.08330, -8.47594
- SMR number
- GA125-124002-
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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 NE sector of a rath (GA125-125002-). This well-preserved drystone-built souterrain (L > 15.7m) consists of three chambers connected by two creeps. Access is gained through a broken roof lintel in the middle or 2nd chamber. The 1st chamber (L 6.6m; Wth 1.7m; H 1.6m) runs E-W. A creep (L 1.7m; Wth 0.7m; H0.55m) extends off its NE end and leads to the 2nd chamber (L 5.4m; Wth 1.4m; H 1.7m) which runs N-S. Another creep (L 2m; Wth 0.6m; H 0.55m) extends off its NW end and leads to the 3rd chamber which also runs E-W. This chamber is inaccessible.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 16 February 2018
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Icehouseunder 1 mi
- Altarunder 1 mi
- Pumpunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.