Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Ballycahan, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballycahan
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.03002, -9.38589
- SMR number
- CL008-130002-
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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
Situated along the NW perimeter of an enclosure (CL008--147----) and within the N extent of a cashel (CL008-130001-). This souterrain (L 11m; Wth 1.6m) curves NE-SW, its extent indicated by a series of nine parallel limestone roof-lintels visible on the surface. The underlying drystone walls (D 0.7m) are visible in gaps between the lintels. Another enclosure (CL008-130003-) lies c. 11m to the SW within the larger cashel.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott
Date of revision: 25 April 2023
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.