Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Poulcaragharush, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Poulcaragharush
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.03033, -9.12775
- SMR number
- CL009-042003-
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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 the NW interior of Poulcaragharush cashel (CL009-042002-) S of an accumulation of cairn material. A sunken passage (visible L 2m; Wth 1.15m) oriented NNE-SSW and filled with loose stone. Corbels are visible on the E side. There is a crater-like depression (diam. 1.4m) in the cairn, 2m to the N of the sunken passage. However, there is no evidence of a souterrain chamber here.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott
Date of upload: 24 January 2022
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.