Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Ranelagh, County Roscommon, Ireland
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-
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
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 Unpublished report, IAC Archaeology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
- Concentric enclosureunder 1 mi
- Kiln - corn-dryingunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.