Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Glen (leyny By.), County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Glen (leyny By.)
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.18890, -8.54613
- SMR number
- SL020-278----
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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
In pasture, located on a SE-facing slope in rough hilly terrain. This souterrain was exposed in 2001 during land reclamation works. Inspected in October of that year, it consisted of a circular drystone chamber (diam. at base c. 2m) of corbelled construction. The upper quarter of the chamber was destroyed but the walls of the lower part of the chamber remained intact to a height of c. 1.2m. A passage (Wth c. 0.95m), with drystone walls constructed of relatively small stones, roofed with large, flat slabs, extended to NNE from the NNE end of the chamber. The passage was partly infilled with soil and could not be investigated.
Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 23 July 2015
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- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.