Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Ardkeeran (tirerrill By.), County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ardkeeran (tirerrill By.)
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.13089, -8.39640
- SMR number
- SL027-120002-
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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 a rath (SL027-120001-). According to local information, there is a 'subterranean tunnel or chamber due to subsidence of earth' at the E side of the rath (SMR (1989) file). There are no visible remains of this.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Barrow - embanked barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.