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Souterrain

Carrigeenboy (Tirerrill By., Kilmactranny ED), County Sligo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Souterrain, Carrigeenboy, 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
Carrigeenboy (Tirerrill By., Kilmactranny ED)
County
Sligo
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Cave
Coordinates
54.06580, -8.24048
SMR number
SL041-023----

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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 gently undulating pasture, on a level area with a steep natural break of slope to the S. The lintelled entrance (Wth 0.45m; H 0.2m) to the souterrain is located at the base of the S side of a drystone field boundary wall and is largely blocked by earth and stone making access impossible. According to local information, a passage extends N for 12m from the entrance to another access point which is now blocked and evident as a depression (1m x 1m; D 0.3m). Burnt and unburnt animal bones were noted in spoil around the depression during a previous inspection in 1993 (SMR (1989) file). The area between both entrances is disturbed by badger sets. A hut site (SL041-053----) lies c. 65m to NE.

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

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

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