Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Ballymagan Upper And Lower And Clonblosk, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballymagan Upper And Lower And Clonblosk
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- NULL
- Coordinates
- 55.15486, -7.43140
- SMR number
- DG029-012----
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 1881 "Ireland to Illustrate the Military Condition of the Country." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
It is not quite clear what the dimensions or ground plan of this now inaccessible souterrain are. It is c. 15m to 20m in extent and may be L to T shaped. At one end is a 'Beehive chamber'. The walls are of drystone construction and it is flagstone roofed (NMI). It is located in flat grazing land sloping NW to the Crana river.
The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated.
Date of upload: 22 September 2008
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.