Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Ballybaun (kiltartan By.), County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballybaun (kiltartan By.)
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.04913, -8.84564
- SMR number
- GA128-014001-
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 (GA128-014----). According to Fahey (1893, 5) based on ‘local traditions, as well as structural indications’, it is likely that there is a ‘cave’ (possible souterrain) in the 'fort'. No visible surface trace of it survives.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 13 October 2016
References
Fahey, J.A. 1893 (Reprint 1986) The history and antiquities of the diocese of Kilmacduagh. Galway. Kenny Gallery.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.