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Souterrain

Roskeen South, County Mayo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Souterrain, Roskeen South, County Mayo, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Roskeen South
County
Mayo
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Cave
Latest-edition OS map
Cave
Coordinates
53.89628, -9.66387
SMR number
MA067-020002-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1790 · Composite: 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

Located in the N half of a of a rath (MA067-020001-). This souterrain, indicated as ‘Cave’ on the 1838 and 1920 OS 6-inch maps, is of dry stone construction and is roughly L-shaped in plan. A collapsed opening, located to N of centre in the rath interior, gives on to passage (L c. 8m; Wth 0.7m; H 1.2m) which extends to NNW, widening towards its N end. The walls of the passage incline gently inwards towards the top to support the roof of flat slabs. In the N wall of the passage there is a short creep (Wth c. 0.6m; H 0.9m) which opens into the S end of a small corbelled chamber (H c. 1.5m), which partly underlies the rath bank. The roof of the chamber is partly collapsed. Another passage extends to W from the chamber, coinciding with the inner edge of the rath bank, but this passage is collapsed and is evident as a grassed-over surface depression (L 11m E−W); according to local information, the stones were removed in the past to build nearby farm buildings.

Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy

Date of upload: 24 July 2017

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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