Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Turlough, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Turlough
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Cave
- Latest-edition OS map
- Cave
- Coordinates
- 53.08411, -9.06273
- SMR number
- CL006-015002-
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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
Marked and named 'Cave' on the OS 6-inch maps, this souterrain was uncovered during land clearance works in 1996. A survey of the monment was undertaken and access to the souterrain closed off; see attached report.
Compiled by: Paul Walsh
Date of upload: 9 October 2014
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.