Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Sheemore, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Sheemore
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Cave
- Coordinates
- 53.99688, -8.01987
- SMR number
- LE027-050003-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located in the NE quadrant of cashel (LE027-05001-). A series of five oval hollows (L c. 4m; Wth c. 2m; D c. 0.3m) containing some loose limestone may be the remains of an underground passage that is recorded as a 'Cave' on the 1911 edition of the OS 6-inch map.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 7 March, 2017
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.