Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Tooreen (Costello By.), County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tooreen (Costello By.)
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.83063, -8.77052
- SMR number
- MA082-040001-
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1857 · 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
In a ringfort (MA082-040----). According to local tradition, ‘stone flags’ were uncovered in the interior of the ringfort, possibly part of the lintel roof of a souterrain. The exact location is uncertain but it may be to E of centre where there is a roughly circular, shallow surface depression (diam. 2-3m).
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 22 December 2021
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.