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Souterrain

Ranelagh, County Roscommon, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Souterrain, Ranelagh, 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
Ranelagh
County
Roscommon
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.65275, -8.19433
SMR number
RO039-102003-

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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

Souterrain 2 (L 4.28m; Wth 1.4m; max. D 1.22m at E) is situated just NE of Enclosure A and oriented ENE-WSW, with an air-vent (Wth 0.45m; D 0.45m) extending ENE (L 8.6m) from the centre of its E wall, which corbels in slightly. The souterrain was stone-lined and straight-sided and its entrance ramp at W was cut through the fill of the Enclosure A fosse. The souterrain was filled with clays and silts with some charcoal flecking but these layers were largely sterile, although a crucible fragment and an iron knife were recovered from it. (Delaney and Ní Cheallacháin 2017, 17)

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload; 8 December 2020

References

Delaney, S. and Ní Cheallacháin, M. 2017 Preliminary Report on Excavations at Ranelagh 1, Co. Roscommon. Licence: 15E0136. Unpublished report, IAC Archaeology

Nearby in the register

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

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