Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Rathmichael, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathmichael
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.23294, -6.14641
- SMR number
- DU026-050005-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
The site lies on the E slopes of Carrickgollogan. The OS Letters (1837) refer to an underground passage to the NW of Rathmichael Church (DU026-050001-) (O'Flanagan 1927, 40). It is described as having stone sides and being covered with large flagstones. O'Brien (1988) has suggested a location c. 30m NW of the church where a wide trench (now covered) can be traced for a distance (L 7m) extending towards the cashel wall.
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy.
Revised upload on: 15 April 2018.
References
O'Brien, E. 1988b Churches of south-east county Dublin, 7th to 12th century. In G. Mac Niocaill and P.F. Wallace (eds), in Keimelia: studies in medieval history and archaeology in memory of Tom Delaney. Galway, 504-24. Galway University Press.
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