Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Dabrian, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dabrian
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.98076, -9.02692
- SMR number
- CL017-036002-
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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 SSW sector of a cashel (CL017-036----) and described by Westropp (1896, 367; 1913, 253) as ‘a well-defined rock cutting, a tank, or, more probably, a souterrain’. Shown on his plan (1913, 255, Fig. 10) as orientated NNE-SSW (est. L c. 4.5m).
See attached image: CL017-036002- Snip of Westropp’s plan of ‘Caher-Mhullach’ cashel (CL017-036----) showing the possible souterrain annotated ‘Rock cutting’ (Westropp 1913, 255, Fig. 10).
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Conn Herriott
Date of upload: 20 July 2023
References
Westropp, T.J. 1913 Prehistoric remains (forts and dolmens) in the Corofin district, Co. Clare (no. 11). Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries 43, 232-60.
Westropp, T.J. 1896 Prehistoric stone forts of northern Clare, parts I & II. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries 26, 142-58, 362-9.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.