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House - indeterminate date

Balregan, County Louth, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of House - indeterminate date, Balregan, County Louth, 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
Balregan
County
Louth
Country
Ireland
Coordinates
54.02943, -6.43691
SMR number
LH007-001005-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1636 · Vltoniae Orientalis Pars (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · 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

Monument described by Wright (1758, Book 3, p. 7-8, Pl 1, Site G) as an 'abode or residence of the chief druid'. Nature of site not known but may have been some sort of house. No visible surface trace survives.

Reference:

Wright, T. 1758 Louthiana: or an introduction to the antiquities of Ireland. London. Thomas Payne.

Compiled by: Claire Breen

Date of upload: 23 November 2011

Nearby in the register

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

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