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Souterrain

Carrowreagh (Frenchpark By.), County Roscommon, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Souterrain, Carrowreagh, County Roscommon, 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
Carrowreagh (Frenchpark By.)
County
Roscommon
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Cave
Latest-edition OS map
Cave
Coordinates
53.88694, -8.39611
SMR number
RO015-012002-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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

Marked as a cave on the 1837 and 1914 eds. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated inside the bank of rath (RO015-012001-) at W. This is probably the souterrain described as having five rooms (Lewis 1837, vol. 1, 635) and which was closed in the 1930s according to local information. It is not visible at ground level.

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 24 August 2010

References

Lewis, S. 1837 A topographical dictionary of Ireland, 2 vols. London. Lewis and Co.

Nearby in the register

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

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