Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Carrowbaun (Gallen By.), County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrowbaun (Gallen By.)
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.92200, -8.96627
- SMR number
- MA071-055001-
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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 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 SE quadrant of rath (MA071-055----). A lintel-like slab protrudes obliquely from the SE end of a shallow surface hollow (2.4m NW–SE; 0.8m NE−SW, 2m at SE). These features may be indicative of a souterrain.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 30 July 2021
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.