Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Ballygilgan, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballygilgan
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Souterrain
- Coordinates
- 54.35472, -8.56313
- SMR number
- SL008-012002-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1869 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located on the NW side of a rath (SL008-012001-). The souterrain consists of an L-shaped passage (Wth top 0.8m; Wth base 1.1m; H 1-1.3m) extending along the line of the removed bank of the rath. The passage extends in a NE-SW direction for a distance of 10m and then turns at a right angle at the SW end and continues for a further 6m in a NW-SE direction into the interior of the rath. The walls are of limestone rubble and the roof is made up of limestone slab lintels the majority of which are absent. The original entrance is not recognisable and the ends of the passage are blocked with earth and stone.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 21 April 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - court tombunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.