Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Gurraunard, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gurraunard
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Cave
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.91023, -9.14481
- SMR number
- MA070-113002-
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 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Within and against the enclosing bank in the WSW sector of a rath (MA070-113001-). Recorded as ‘Cave’ on the first edition (1837) of the OS 6-inch map. An elongated hollow (L 8m N–S; Wth 3.2m; D 0.8m at S to 1.1m at N) may be the remains of a robbed-out souterrain.
Date of visit: 9-5-2025
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 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.