Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Townplots West, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Townplots West
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.21251, -9.25291
- SMR number
- MA022-003001-
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1841 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
There is an L-Shaped linear sunken feature in the S half of the interior. This is evident immediately inside the entrance gap as a subrectangular depression (c. 5m N−S; 4.4m E–W), which narrows at its S end (Wth 2-3m; D 0.3-0.6m), from where it extends to W across almost the full E-W width of the rath interior. It is possible that this represents a robbed out souterrain (MA022-003001-), or it could simply be the result of relatively recent quarrying/disturbance.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 11 March 2019
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.