Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Carrowreagh (Gallen By., Kilgarvan Par.), County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrowreagh (Gallen By., Kilgarvan Par.)
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.09634, -9.04207
- SMR number
- MA040-020002-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
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)
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
In the W half of a rath (MA040-020001-), close to the inner face of the bank.
A surface opening consists of a gap (1.7m NW−SE; 1m NE−SW) between two in situ lintels, one on the NE edge of the hole and one the SE edge. The opening gives access to the NNE end of a chamber (L 3.3m NNE−SSW; Wth 1.6m at N end; H 0.8m at N end, 1.3m at S end) which extends to SSE. The walls are of drystone construction, with a slight corbelling of the upper courses to support a roof of four large lintels. The chamber appears roughly ovoid in plan, broadest at the NNE end, where the current opening is, with gently curving walls narrowing toward the blind end at S. The floor slopes down gently from N to S, so that the chamber is highest at the S end.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 13 May 2020
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.