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Souterrain

Cartronmore, County Sligo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Souterrain, Cartronmore, 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
Cartronmore
County
Sligo
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Souterrain
Coordinates
54.34316, -8.48066
SMR number
SL008-074002-

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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

Located under the bank, on the NE side of Cartronmore rath (SL008-074001-). The souterrain has been partially exposed where the bank of the rath has been removed. The passage (total L WNW-ESE 6.4m; Wth base 1.3m; Wth top 0.45m; H 0.8m) is walled with un-coursed limestone blocks and partially roofed with limestone slabs. The passage tapers inwards from the floor to the roof. The floor is of earth. The passage is exposed at the ESE end for a length of 5.5m where the lintels have been removed and the side wall lowered (H 0.4m). The roof survives, with the lintels covered with sod, for 1.9m at the WNW end. At the WNW is a vertical end wall with a lintelled creep (Wth 0.3m; H 0.20), now blocked, located centrally at the base of the wall.

Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan

Date of upload: 21 April 2011

Nearby in the register

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

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