Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Caherfadda, County Clare, Ireland
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-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 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
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.