Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Commons North, County Clare, Ireland
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 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 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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - wedge tombunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.