Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Castletown, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Castletown
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.28999, -8.98049
- SMR number
- SL011-012001-
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
At a rath (SL011-012----). Inside the bank at ESE is a low pile of of stones, U-shaped in plan (max. dim. 1.7m; max. H 0.3m). A gap has been cut through the upper portion of the bank here exposing a large quantity of stone. These features may be indicators of the presence of a souterrain here.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 19 January 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.