Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Behy Beg, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Behy Beg
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.09774, -9.10034
- SMR number
- MA040-001001-
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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In a rath (MA039-001). According to local tradition, there is a souterrain (MA040-001001-) in the rath interior. No details are known about its exact location or form.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 21 April 2020
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.