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Souterrain

Ballycahill, County Clare, Ireland

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Townland
Ballycahill
County
Clare
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.09750, -9.14292
SMR number
CL005-054002-

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David 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).

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The National Monuments Service's description

In the NW sector of Cahernahooan cashel (CL005-054----). A souterrain, visible as a lintelled entrance (Wth 0.45m; H 0.25m) to a space that extends to WNW (min. L 2m). Hollows to the S and E probably indicate another extension in that direction.

The following image has been uploaded:
CL005-054002-_01.jpg View of souterrain entrance.

Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Ros Ó Maoldúin

Date of upload: 8 June 2022

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Sites and Monuments Record data: National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Record text is reproduced unchanged. National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland · CC BY 4.0
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