Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Ishlaun, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ishlaun
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Cave
- Latest-edition OS map
- Cave
- Coordinates
- 53.89455, -8.62951
- SMR number
- RO008C028002-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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)
- 1811 · 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
Inside the bank of rath (RO008C028001-) at N. A creep (Wth 0.5-0.8m; H 0.85m; L 0.9m) enters the W end of the S side of an E-W corbelled and lintelled passage (dims 4.8m E-W; 1.25m N-S; H 1.3m). Another creep (Wth 0.8m; H 0.5m; L 0.8m) at the E end of the N wall leads to a circular and corbelled beehive chamber (diam. 2.9m N-S; 2.8m E-W; H 1.1m) with a large closing lintel (dims 2m x 1.9m) which underlies the bank of the rath.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.