Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Mullaroe, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mullaroe
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Cave
- Coordinates
- 54.23184, -8.71626
- SMR number
- SL019-018002-
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Shown on 4 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
Located in a rath (SL019-018001-).
This souterrain is not shown on the 1837 OS 6-inch map; on the 1913 edition it is indicated as ‘Cave’. A low, grass-grown subcircular rise (diam. 6-8m; H 0.3-0.4m) at the W end of the rath interior marks the location. There are two surface openings 6m apart, one at the NE and one at the SW end of the rise. There reveal the souterrain to be of drystone construction. The NE opening (c. 0.6m NE−SW; c. 0.5m NW−SE; D c. 0.5m) reveals an in situ lintel above a passage, largely infilled with earth, which appears to extend to SW. In the opening (c. 0.8m NW−SE; c. 0.8m NE−SW) at the SW end of the rise, drystone walling and a probably in situ lintel can be glimpsed, and a partly infilled or collapsed passage appears to extend to N or NW.
Attached image:
SL019-018002-.JPG Low grassy rise marking location of souterrain
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 11 September 2018
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.