Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Killally (dundalk Upper By.), County Louth, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killally (dundalk Upper By.)
- County
- Louth
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.97645, -6.41982
- SMR number
- LH007-108003-
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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
The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007
Situated on S slope of E-W ridge, 18m SE of souterrain LH007-108002-. Discovered during ploughing in 1987. Modern entrance at SE end of passage. The souterrain consists of a drystone-built passage (L 9.9m, Wth 0.8m, H 1m) sloping from N-S-SE. The passage is deliberately blocked at the N end, where it is directly under the modern field fence. Original entrance most probably at this point. Traces of enclosure (LH007-108001-) visible as surface cropmark. Tradition of further souterrain downslope to S in same field (see LH007-109---).
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.