Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Cartronhugh, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cartronhugh
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Cave or The Relics
- Coordinates
- 54.20439, -8.38549
- SMR number
- SL021-025003-
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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 the S half of the interior of a possible church (SL021-025001-). Visible beneath the overgrowth is a rectangular sunken area (c. 2m E-W; 1.5m N-S; D c. 0.6m) lined with a jumble of stones and slabs. To the N of this the ground slumps unevenly to a depth of c. 1m below exterior ground level and is covered with a jumble of stones and slabs. At the NW corner there may be an in situ lintel. According to local information, this souterrain consisted of a small drystone-built chamber roofed with stone lintels.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005).
Date of upload: 18 January 2008
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy/saint's stoneunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.