Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Dangan (burren By.), County Clare, Ireland
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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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 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
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.