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
- 53.92121, -8.95541
- SMR number
- MA072-007001-
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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
Located in a rath (MA072-007).
A opening, roofed by a flat stone slab or lintel, is visible in the external face of the rath bank at NNE, 0.5m below the top of the bank. The opening (H 0.3m) is partly blocked, but reveals a souterrain passage (Wth c. 0.8m) of drystone construction, which extends to SSW beneath the bank into the interior of the rath. A very slight surface depression can be seen in the rath interior, extending for 5m to SW from the inner face of the bank; this probably indicates the line of the passage.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 16 February 2021
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.