Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Cashellahenny, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cashellahenny
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Cave
- Coordinates
- 53.89966, -8.65325
- SMR number
- MA074-001002-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In a cashel (MA074-001001-). This souterrain is indicated as ‘Cave’ on the 1920 OS 6-inch maps. There is a surface opening (1m E–W; 1m N–S) into the souterrain in the W half of the cashel interior, 5m W of the cashel wall. The cavity is partly infilled with loose stones and soil, but reveals a subterranean passage, oriented roughly E−W. The passage walls are of drystone construction and are roofed with massive slabs. At ground surface, the line of the passage appears to be mirrored by a slight linear rise or scarp (Wth c. 1m; H 0.25m at N side) which traverses cashel interior from the souterrain opening at W to the cashel wall at ESE.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 31 May 2021
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.