Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Sheshymore, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Sheshymore
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.00398, -9.12714
- SMR number
- CL009-110002-
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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
Situated in the SE quadrant of a cashel (CL009-110----), this souterrain (visible L 4.8; original H 1.1m) is oriented E-W. It is blocked at either end by rubble but access was gained through this material at the E end. The base of the passage (Wth 1.4m) is wider than the top (Wth 0.7) as a result of the corbelling inwards of the side-walls. Some very large stones (max. L 1.6m; max. H 0.5m) are incorporated into the side-walls, particularly on the N side. Six roof lintels are visible and there is a gap where another one is missing.
Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Conn Herriott
Date of upload: 13 June 2022
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.