Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Knockroe (tirerrill By., Aghanagh Ed), County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockroe (tirerrill By., Aghanagh Ed)
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.04594, -8.35360
- SMR number
- SL040-114002-
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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 E half of a cashel (SL040-114001-). A linear chamber (L 7.7m; Wth 1.4m; D 1m) is surrounded by stony sod-covered upcast. There is a large limestone slab close by to SE, which may have come from the souterrain.
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 - cashelunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.