Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Caherbroder, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Caherbroder
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Cave
- Latest-edition OS map
- Cave
- Coordinates
- 53.03682, -8.83711
- SMR number
- GA128-027001-
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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 SW quadrant of a cashel (GA128-027----). This poorly preserved drystone-built souterrain (L >12m) is roughly L-shaped in plan and consists of two passages connected by a creep. Access to the 1st passage (L 5.3m; Wth 1.6m; H 1.2m), which runs NE-SW, is gained at the SW end. A blocked creep (L 1.3m; Wth 0.85m; H 0.4m) is evident near the S end of its E wall, just inside the present access point. The 2nd passage (L 5.4m; Wth 1.6; max. H 1.4m) extends from it in a NW-SE direction and access to it is via a collapsed roof lintel. Possible air vents are evident in the NW corner of the 1st passage and in the W wall of the 2nd one.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 10 January 2017
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.