Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
House - indeterminate date
Balregan, County Louth, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Balregan
- County
- Louth
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.02943, -6.43691
- SMR number
- LH007-001005-
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 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (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
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