Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Moneylea, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Moneylea
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.80973, -8.31749
- SMR number
- RO021-042003-
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
On a short NE-SW ridge (L c. 100m; Wth c. 30m; H 3-4m), c. 30m SW of ring-barrow (RO021-042004-). A quarry-hole (diam. 3m; D 0.8m) exposes some lintels, and further lintels can be seen extending to the SE (L c. 4m), but the souterrain is inaccessible. The segment of road (RO021-042005-) is c. 140m to the SE. (Knox 1914a, 14-16; Herity 1983, 130; Waddell 1983, 37)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
References
Herity, M. 1983 A survey of the royal site of Cruachain in Connacht, 1. Introduction, the monuments and topography. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 113, 121-42.
Knox, H.T. 1914 Ruins of Cruachain Ai. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 44, 1-50.
Waddell, J. 1983 Rathcroghan - a royal site in Connaught. Journal of Irish Archaeology 1, 21-46.
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Linear earthworkunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Ceremonial enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.