Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Rosses Lower, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rosses Lower
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- SL008-168----
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The National Monuments Service's description
This souterrain, listed in the SMR (1998), was noted in Rosses Lower townland in a survey conducted in the 1940’s (ITA Survey). It was said to have ‘large rooms’ but the opening to it was closed. Its exact location was not recorded and remains unknown.
Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 43 December 2016
References
Irish Tourist Association. Surveys undertaken in the 1940s for the Irish Tourist Association (now Fáilte Ireland) relating to ‘Natural features, antiquities, historic associations etc.' Extracts from these surveys were copied into the Topographical files of the Office of Public Works and these have been incorporated into the Sites and Monuments Record files (National Monuments Service).