Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Leitrim (frenchpark By.), County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Leitrim (frenchpark By.)
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Cave
- Coordinates
- 53.84310, -8.45160
- SMR number
- RO015-037002-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Inside the perimeter of rath (RO015-037001-) at S. The 'Cave' marked on the 1914 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, described as arteficial (OS Name Books) and undoubtedly a souterrain, cannot be seen now.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
References
OSNB 25-inch. Ordnance Survey Name Books compiled in the course of the 1:2500 survey of Ireland. National Archives of Ireland.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.