Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Strade, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Strade
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Cave
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.91240, -9.12152
- SMR number
- MA070-121002-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
In the NE sector of a rath (MA070-121001-). Labelled ‘Cave’ on the first edition (1837) of the OS 6-inch map. A partially overgrown rectangular hollow (L 7.5m NNE-SSW; av. Wth 2m; D 1-1.3m) has a stone-lintelled opening (Wth 1m; H 0.7m) at its NNE end beyond which an inaccessible subterranean chamber extends towards the inner enclosing bank of the rath (traceable L 4m). According to local tradition, the souterrain comprises five “rooms” with “cubby holes” (possible creeps?) connecting them.
Date of visit: 12-05-2025
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 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.