Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Cloontakilla, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cloontakilla
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.15965, -9.74824
- SMR number
- MA018-015----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In pasture, located the S side of on a low hill. The slope of the hill drops into a stream gully immediately to S. The hill provides good views of the surrounding undulating countryside and of Carrowmore Lake c. 750m to NW. Two surface openings are evident on the brow of the hill. The larger opening (2.4m NE–SW; 1.5m NW–SE), at the SW, is located close to the break of slope at the top of the S-facing slope of the hill. The second surface opening (1.4m NE–SW; 0.7m NW–SE) is located 4m to NE. Both openings reveal cavities in which portions of drystone walling and roof lintels are visible. The two openings appear to represent collapsed sections of a stone-built passage or chamber extending roughly NE–SW. There is no evidence of an associated enclosure. There is a children’s burial ground (MA018-008----) located c. 25m to SW on the S side of the stream gully.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 19 January 2016
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Nearby in the register
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Crannog1 mi
- Causeway1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.