Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Rannagh West, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rannagh West
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Cave
- Coordinates
- 53.04943, -9.09342
- SMR number
- CL010-008002-
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
Near the centre of a cashel (CL010-008----) and named ‘Cave’ on the 1916 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. The souterrain is aligned N-S (L 5.5m), roofed with four lintels in the centre and unroofed at the N (L 1.2m) and S (L 0.35m) ends. The interior is filled with stone but where visible (int. H 1.7m; Wth 0.8-0.9m) appears to be rock-cut on the E-side with a vertical wall of small stones on the W-side.
The following image has been uploaded:
CL010-008002-_01.jpg View of souterrain from S
Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Lynda McCormack
Date of upload: 15 June 2022
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - wedge tombunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.