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Souterrain

Caherfadda, County Clare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Souterrain, Caherfadda, County Clare, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Caherfadda
County
Clare
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.99435, -9.10524
SMR number
CL009-206002-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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 E centre of a cashel (CL009-206001-). A souterrain (L 2.6m; Wth 0.9-1.08m; present H 0.9m), oriented NNE-SSW with an entrance at the N end. From here an unroofed section of the passage (L c. 2m) extends to the S, followed by a covered section with six roof lintel stones in place, over which smaller stones are heaped. The S end of the passage is blocked by rubble. The walls are made from small stones with no corbelling and the base of the wall on the E side is bedrock.

The following image has been uploaded:
CL009-206002-_01.jpg Souterrain entrance from N

Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott

Date of upload: 13 July 2022

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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