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
- 53.01554, -9.12807
- SMR number
- CL009-165002-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
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 NNW of the centre of a poorly preserved cashel (CL009-165001-). This above-ground souterrain (3.4m N-S; 1.5m E-W; H 1.05-1.1m) is covered by three large lintels. The walls are slightly corbelled and become narrower (Wth 1.4m) toward the top. The E and W walls extend (L 2.3m and 3.4m respectively) further to the N, beyond the roofed souterrain. Immediately N of these unroofed walls is an accumulation of clay. A mound (H 1.6m; Wth 2m) extends around the S end of the souterrain.
The following image has been uploaded:
CL009-165002-_01.jpg View of souterrain from S
Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott
Date of upload: 15 June 2022
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.