Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Croagh North, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Croagh North
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.08746, -9.18432
- SMR number
- CL005-027004-
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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
In the NW sector of an ecclesiastical enclosure (CL005-027001-). A well-preserved souterrain with one chamber (L 7.7m; H 1.58m; Wth 1.7-2m) aligned WNW-ESE. An opening at the WNW end is set in a hollow (L 2.5m; Wth 2m; D 1.2m). The sidewalls are built of round and flat stones, almost vertical but with some corbelling at the very top. The souterrain is roofed by eight impressive lintels. Near the E end of the N wall there is a niche (L 0.84m; H 0.3m; D 0.7m) roofed by a single flagstone, cracked near its centre. A build-up of sediment at the ESE end meets with the roof lintel and a human burial is visible in the clay at roof level. The interior is full of rubble and (modern) grave goods.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Ros Ó Maoldúin
Date of upload: 26 January 2022
Nearby in the register
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.