Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Treanfohanaun, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Treanfohanaun
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Caves
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.88194, -8.99904
- SMR number
- MA071-167002-
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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 in a rath (MA071-167001-).
A souterrain, marked as 'Caves', is shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch map in the NW quadrant of the rath. The rath has been levelled but its outline can still be traced. A slight surface depression (diam. c. 5m) in the S half may point to an underlying souterrain. A large slab, possible a displaced roof lintel, is visible amidst an accumulation of field clearance stones at the roots of an ash tree on the SW perimeter of the rath.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 23 September 2021
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Religious house - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.