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Souterrain

Mount Temple, County Sligo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Souterrain, Mount Temple, County Sligo, 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
Mount Temple
County
Sligo
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
54.41920, -8.48367
SMR number
SL002-021002-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1869 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 4. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1922 · Ireland - northern section. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

At Mount Temple rath (002-021001-). Immediately inside the bank at SE is a large lintel-like stone (L 0.8m; D 0.4m) with other tumbled stones underneath. This may be the entrance to a blocked-up souterrain.

Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan

Date of upload: 10 March 2013

Nearby in the register

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

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