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Souterrain in Inishmurray

Souterrain
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In the E half of an ecclesiastical enclosure (SL011-011001-), known as ‘The Cashel’. Heraughty (1982) and McGowan (1998) describe a souterrain beneath or east of Templemolaise church (SL001-001009-), but neither author gives personal testimony on this, and there is nothing now visible above ground. Indeed, the presence of a leacht (SL001-001021-) and several headstones in this area suggest that there is unlikely to have been a souterrain here, unless this was built at an unusual depth below the surface. The above description is derived from the results of a survey of the archaeological monuments on Inishmurray undertaken in 1997-1999 and published in: Jerry O’Sullivan and Tomás Ó Carragáin 2008 Inishmurrary. Monks and pilgrims in an Atlantic landscape. Volume 1: Archaeological Survey and Excavations 1997-2000. Cork. The Collins Press. Date of upload: 16 January 2018

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