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Souterrain

Commons North, County Clare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Souterrain, Commons North, 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
Commons North
County
Clare
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.99600, -9.08222
SMR number
CL010-098002-

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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 centre of an enclosure (CL010-098----), in the NE corner of a natural hollow or quarry (c. 25m ENE-WSW; c. 15m NNW-SSE). Indicated on Robinson’s (1977) map. This undifferentiated souterrain is aligned ENE-WNW. The W end of the passage appears to have been broken in the distant past. A section of the rock-cut N wall (L 3.4m; H 1m) at this end is still intact, but the S wall cannot be traced; it is marked by a pile (diam. 3.5m) of loose stones, but the wall here appears to have been built of quite regular limestone blocks. The E section (L 3.8m) of the souterrain is still covered. It is entered through an opening (Wth 1.1m; H 0.9m) from the broken W side. The covered walls of the passage (max. H 1.15m) are largely rock-cut. There is a step up (H 0.5m) in the passage 1.8m from the natural rock-face forming its E end-wall (Wth 0.9m; H 0.8m). The covered part of the passage is roofed with six lintels.

The following image has been uploaded:
CL010-098002-_01.jpg View of souterrain from W

Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott

Date of upload: 24 May 2023

References

Robinson, T. 1977 (revised 1999) The Burren: a two-inch map of the uplands of north-west Clare. Map scale 1:31680. Roundstone: Folding Landscapes.

Nearby in the register

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

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