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Souterrain

Tully (Corran By.), County Sligo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Souterrain, Tully, County Sligo, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Tully (Corran By.)
County
Sligo
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
54.04550, -8.39936
SMR number
SL040-083001-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1922 · Ireland - northern section. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In a cashel (SL040-083----). This souterrain (SL040-083001-) is located in the SW quadrant of the cashel. It consists of a length of collapsed passage, evident as a shallow, grassed-over linear depression (L 10.5m; Wth 2-3m; D 0.7-1m), with several exposed and displaced roofing lintels tipping into it. It extends on a NE−SW axis from close to the cashel wall at SW to the centre of the interior. Glimpses of intact drystone walling can be seen in parts on the SE side of the passage, but the NW side is low, slumped and entirely sod-covered. At least seven massive limestone roofing lintels remain more or less in place. A few are close-set or contiguous, but there are large gaps between others. The E end of some lintels are still in situ, resting on intact sections of the drystone wall on the SE side of the passage;the opposite ends are collapsed into the base of the passage.

Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy

Date of upload: 25 April 2018

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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