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Souterrain

Derryronan, County Mayo, Ireland

The record

Townland
Derryronan
County
Mayo
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.92401, -8.91982
SMR number
MA072-019002-

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David 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

At a rath (MA072-019). There is a local tradition of a souterrain associated with the rath (MA072-019). According to one local source, the souterrain may have been outside the rath. Its exact location is now unknown.

Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy

Date of upload: 22 February 2021

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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