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Souterrain

Laralae, County Mayo, Ireland

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Townland
Laralae
County
Mayo
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.82246, -8.80204
SMR number
MA082-026002-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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 in a rath (MA082-026001-). According to local information, this souterrain was closed up in modern era; it consists of a short, stone-lined entrance leading into a chamber (c. 1.8m x 1.8m; c. 1.2m high), with an opening off the chamber to another, blocked passage. A shallow, stony depression (5.3m E–W; 2.2m N–S) in a spine of raised ground that extends E–W through the centre of the rath may indicate the location of the souterrain.

Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy

Date of upload: 20 December 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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