Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Shancough (tirerrill By.), County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Shancough (tirerrill By.)
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.09555, -8.27150
- SMR number
- SL035-052005-
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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 NW quadrant of an ecclesiastical enclosure (SL035-052004-), immediately inside the enclosing scarp at WNW and 50m WNW of Shancough church (SL035-052001-). The entrance is blocked by stone and earth but according to local information, the souterrain is stone-lined with a stone roof and c. 11m long extending in the direction of the church. A second souterrain (SL035-052002-) lies 31.5m NNE of the church.
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
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.