Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Aghavadden,glebe (rathcline By., Cashel West Ed), County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Aghavadden,glebe (rathcline By., Cashel West Ed)
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.59646, -7.96397
- SMR number
- LF021-039003-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In the NW quadrant of a rath (LF021-039001-). A largely collapsed, linear passage (L c. 5.5m; Wth c. 1.5m), aligned NE-SW leads to a creep (L 2.3m; Wth 0.75m; max. H 0.8m) at its SW end. The creep accesses a small subrectangular chamber (5.5m NE-SW; 2m NW-SE; max. H 1.6m). The walls are built of drystone masonry and incline inward at top to support a roof of large flat slabs. A second souterrain (LF021-039002-), of similar construction, is located within the thickness of the inner bank of the rath at SW. (ITA Survey 1944)
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 3 September 2012
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Windmillunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.