Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Shanvally (gallen By.), County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Shanvally (gallen By.)
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.87496, -8.98009
- SMR number
- MA071-177001-
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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
In a rath (MA071-177----).
According to local tradition, there is a ‘cave’ or souterrain (MA071-177001-) in the rath, but there are no details of its form or exact location. There is no visible trace at surface level.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 18 September 2018
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.