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Souterrain

Lucan And Pettycanon, County Dublin, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Souterrain, Lucan And Pettycanon, County Dublin, 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
Lucan And Pettycanon
County
Dublin
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Souterrain
Coordinates
53.35424, -6.44916
SMR number
DU017-021002-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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)
  • 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. C. Kon: Ireland. a. Prov: Leinster. Counties: 1-12 (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

Situated in the NW end of a ringfort's interior (DU017-021001-). Its position is visible as a sunken area with descending stone steps. It was accessible up to recently. When last inspected in 1971 the entrance led into a passage with a beehive chamber off it. This was built of drystone walling with a corbelled roof closed by a large slab which was thought to be a modern repair. At a point opposite the present entrance was another entrance into a slightly curving passage orientated ENE-WSW. This was blocked at one end (Anon 1896, 421-2; Ball 1906, 4, 36; Price 1940, 123).
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout

Date of upload: 26 August 2011

References

Anon. 1896 Proceedings. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 26, 415-16, 421-2.

Ball, E.F. 1902-20 (Reprint 1979) A history of the County Dublin, 6 vols. Dublin. Gill and Macmillan.

Price, L. 1940 The Antiquities and Place Names of South County Dublin. Dublin Historical Record 2, 121-133.

Nearby in the register

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

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