Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Lisgorman, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lisgorman
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Souterrain
- Coordinates
- 54.25195, -8.18756
- SMR number
- LE011-102002-
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
Described by Oliver Davies (ITA 1943) as a portion of a stone-built passage (L c. 4m; Wth c. 1.5m; H c. 1.2m) roofed with three large lintels (L c. 2m; Wth c. 1m) it is now reduced to a sunken hollow (L 7m; Wth 1m; D 0.7m) with an inaccessible opening at N. It is within cashel (LE011-102001--).
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
References
Irish Tourist Association. Surveys undertaken in the 1940s for the Irish Tourist Association (now Fáilte Ireland) relating to ‘Natural features, antiquities, historic associations etc.' Extracts from these surveys were copied into the Topographical files of the Office of Public Works and these have been incorporated into the Sites and Monuments Record files (National Monuments Service).
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.