Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Lissinagroagh, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lissinagroagh
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Cave
- Coordinates
- 54.31066, -8.11017
- SMR number
- LE008-023002-
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 1869 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located on a slight E-W ridge on the lower S-facing slope of Dough Mountain. An L-shaped souterrain (total L 7m plus) is visible as two collapsed sections of underground passage, possibly with a beehive chamber at the angle, within the NE quadrant of rath (LE008-023001--).
The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 23 September 2008
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Designed landscape - tree-ringunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.