Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Shancobane, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Shancobane
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.99868, -6.62864
- SMR number
- MO028-139002-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated NW of the centre of the rath (MO028-139001-). The water-filled entrance to a drystone walled passage with a lintelled roof is visible, but the passage is inaccessible. A stone (dims c. 0.3m x c. 0.3m) with some indecipherable writing on it was found at what is known as the well (Kelly 1890-1) but the whereabouts of this stone is not known now. There was reputed to be a giant’s grave ‘nine yards by two yards (dims c. 2.75m x c. 1.8m)’ nearby (ibid.), which is probably a description of the souterrain passage. These features are recorded in the folk knowledge of the School’s Manuscripts, for which see this web-page accessed on 13/07/2017: http://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4742042/4730236
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Monaghan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of revision: 28 July 2017
References
Kelly, P. 1890-91 Miscellanea: Inscribed stone found. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, vol. 21, 240-8.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.