Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Marshes Upper, County Louth, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Marshes Upper
- County
- Louth
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.98800, -6.38286
- SMR number
- LH007-092----
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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
Discovered in 1995 during construction work. Only a portion of the souterrain was available for examination. Consists of two N-S aligned passages of drystone construction, one above the other and connected by a trap door. The upper passage (H c. 0.75m, Wth at floor level 0.95m, Wth at roof level 0.6m) was blocked due to collapsed material. The surviving portion is 1.9m long. Entrance to the lower passage (H 1.45m, Wth at floor level 1m, Wth at roof level c. 0.5m) is restricted by a low lintel. It survives for a total length of 9.4m and towards its terminus there is a broadening and slight curve which forms a chamber with a max. Wth of 1.75m. (Campbell 1995)
Reference:
Campbell, K. 1995 Archaeological Report: souterrain at Scoil Chríost Rí, Muirtheimne Mór, Marshes Upper, Dundalk, Co. Louth. Unpublished archaeological report. National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 23 November 2011
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Structureunder 1 mi
- Hearthunder 1 mi
- Habitation siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.