Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Caherbullog, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Caherbullog
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.09533, -9.25086
- SMR number
- CL004-016040-
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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
Inside the N perimeter of a cashel (CL004-016029-). A stone-lined hollow (L 3.4m; D at N 0.8m; D at S 1.5m; av. Wth 0.8m) aligned N-S, leads into a N-S chamber (L 5.8m; Wth at centre 1.9m; H 1.9m) roofed by 12 lintels. There is a small recess on the S end of the E wall. At the S end of this chamber an opening (Wth 0.95m; H 1.15m) leads into another chamber (L 4m; Wth 1.25m; H 0.75m) extending to SE and roofed by 6 lintels. The SE end of the souterrain can be accessed from the cashel interior via a small opening.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 26 September 2022
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.