Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Gortarowey, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gortarowey
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.35267, -8.50449
- SMR number
- SL008-042002-
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 1869 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located on the W side of the interior of Gortarowey rath (SL008-042001-). A roughly rectangular depression (dims 4.5m E-W; 3m N-S; D 0.6m) probable marks a collapsed souterrain. Two large roughly rectangular stones (av. dims L 1.6m; Wth 1.4m; T c.0.4m) immediately to the S may form part of this monument.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 21 April 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.