Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Gormanstown Demesne, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gormanstown Demesne
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.63230, -6.25035
- SMR number
- DU001-011----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1799 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1841 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Local tradition records the existence of a cave in Gormanstown Demesne. In 1998 a section of drystone-built passage (H 1m; Wth 0.9m) was exposed in a quarry face. It was sited in the brow of a flattish ridge overlooking the Delvin River. The souterrain consisted of a short passage leading into a beehive chamber (Clinton 1998, 117-118). Quarrying was subsequently followed by the construction of the M1.
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Updated by: Christine Baker
Date of upload: 19 October 2014
References
Clinton, M. 1998 The souterrains of County Dublin. In C. Manning (ed.), Dublin and beyond the Pale: studies in honour of Patrick Healy, 117-28. Bray. Wordwell.
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