Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Belladooan, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Belladooan
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.20009, -9.34386
- SMR number
- MA021-100002-
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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 in a broad low rise or knoll, surrounded by a flat expanse of boggy ground.
According to local tradition, there is an 'underground passage' or possible souterrain at this location. It is associated with an earth and stone bank (L 19m E-W; Wth c. 4.5m), known locally as ‘moat’, which may be the remains of an enclosure (MA021-100001-). According to local information, the souterrain was used as a hide-out during the 1798 Rebellion. It is said to have been ‘opened’ or explored in 1910 by a local landowner, James Henry. There is no visible trace at ground level.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 12 December 2019
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Slab-lined burialunder 1 mi
- Slab-lined burialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.