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Souterrain

Castletown (Dundalk Upper By.), County Louth, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Souterrain, Castletown, 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
Castletown (Dundalk Upper By.)
County
Louth
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Dun Dealgan (Souterrain)
Coordinates
54.01365, -6.43013
SMR number
LH007-118008-

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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

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

Located in slope on S side of 'Dun Dealgan' motte (LH007-118007-). The souterrain consists of three-drystone-built passages forming a Z-shaped plan. The first passage (L 3.9m) extends SW-NE, turning sharply NW to form Passage 2 (L 7.8m). At the NW end of Passage 2 there is a sharp turn into Passage 3 (L 5.8m) which runs S-N. (CLAJ 1912, 25-6).

Nearby in the register

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

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