Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
House - indeterminate date
Rabaun, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rabaun
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.91515, -8.94663
- SMR number
- MA072-014002-
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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 on a slight rise in the centre of a rath (MA072-014----) adjacent to a souterrain (MA072-014001-).
A roughly circular stony area (5m NE–SW; 4.5m NW–SE) defined by a slightly raised rim (Wth c. 1.2m; H c. 0.3m) of jumbled stone. The interior appears slightly sunken with stones protruding from the surface. It is located at the NE end of a partly collapsed souterrain passage. A large slab at the S edge of the circle may be a roof lintel of the souterrain.
This circular feature may be part of the souterrain, perhaps surface subsidence above a chamber, or it could be the remains of circular house, perhaps enclosing an entrance to the souterrain.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 22 February 2021
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.