Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Ballinlag, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballinlag
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.89761, -8.99387
- SMR number
- MA071-106001-
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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
Located to W of centre in the interior of a rath (MA071-106----). A lintelled opening (Wth c. 0.6m; H 0.2m) at ground surface reveals a drystone subterranean passage on a roughly NE–SW axis. The opening is blocked with stone and the passage is inaccessible.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 19 August 2021
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.