Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Bunnamayne, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Bunnamayne
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 55.03242, -7.37635
- SMR number
- DG047-026----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1881 map "Ireland to Illustrate the Military Condition of the Country." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1881 · Ireland to Illustrate the Military Condition of the Country. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1900 · Ireland (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1904 · Sheet 1. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
In pasture on top of a broad rise/small, low hill, with a fall of ground to NW, N and E.
According to local information, a souterrain was uncovered at roughly this location on the summit of the rise during ploughing in the 1990’s. The plough dislodged a roof stone, revealing a subterranean chamber with drystone walls and flat roof slabs. It was not explored or reported at the time, and was covered over again. Not far to E on the same hill, a patch of black, burnt-looking soil was visible on the ploughed ground surface.
Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 26 January 2023
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Cistunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.