Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Poulacarran, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Poulacarran
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.02894, -9.12712
- SMR number
- CL009-043002-
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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 in the N centre of a rectangular cashel (CL009-043----), this NNE–SSW-oriented souterrain (L 6.9m; Wth 1.28–1.33m; max. D 1.15m) has a slight ‘lightning bolt’ Z-shape in plan, with a NNE–SSW section (L 2.9m) at the N, followed by a sharp turn to the E (L 0.75m), before continuing SSW (L 4m). There are loose stones on the bottom. This possibly natural feature appears to have been in the process of being developed into a souterrain, but the work was not completed.
The following image has been uploaded:
CL09-043002-_01.jpg View of souterrain from N.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott
Date of upload: 25 January 2022
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.