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Souterrain

Shancobane, County Monaghan, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Souterrain, Shancobane, County Monaghan, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

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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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1636 · Vltoniae Orientalis Pars (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · 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

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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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