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Souterrain

Dangan (Burren By.), County Clare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Souterrain, Dangan, County Clare, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Dangan (Burren By.)
County
Clare
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Caves
Latest-edition OS map
Caves
Coordinates
53.10374, -9.12396
SMR number
CL005-056002-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In Cahermoyle cashel (CL005-056----), SW of centre. A souterrain (min. L 2.7m; Wth 1m; H 1.2m) oriented N-S visible through a collapsed roof section (0.8m by 0.8m). The walls are built of stone and are corbelled. A possible creep extends at floor level from the S end. When inspected in 1999, it appeared to be the home of a badger. When Westropp (1901, 281-2) recorded it, he also noted an E-W section which he believed to be part of the one L-shaped souterrain.

Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Ros Ó Maoldúin

Date of upload: 8 June 2022

References

Westropp, T.J 1901 Prehistoric remains in north-western Clare part II. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 31, 273-91.

Nearby in the register

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

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