Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Cloonturnaun, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cloonturnaun
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.78290, -8.88062
- SMR number
- MA092-042001-
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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
Located in a rath (MA092-042). There is a local tradition of a souterrain in the rath, and a slab, which protrudes slightly from the field surface 17m to SSW of the rath, is said to be associated with the souterrain.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 11 March 2022
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Boulder-burialunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.