Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Creggaun (Gallen By.), County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Creggaun (Gallen By.)
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Cave
- Latest-edition OS map
- Cave
- Coordinates
- 54.00823, -8.95872
- SMR number
- MA050-002002-
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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
In a possible cashel (MA050-004001-). A souterrain is indicated as ‘Cave’ on the S perimeter of the cashel on the 1838 OS 6-inch map and in the centre of the interior on 1929 edition.
A shallow sunken feature (2m E–W; 1m N–S; D 0.2m) defined by stones is evident beneath dense overgrowth to W of centre in the cashel interior. It may be a collapsed souterrain passage. Surface depressions adjacent to this at NE and W may also relate to the souterrain.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 12 June 2020
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.