Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Marshes Upper, County Louth, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Marshes Upper
- County
- Louth
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.98492, -6.38692
- SMR number
- LH007-143----
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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 during the development of playing pitches at Dundalk Institute of Technology (Excavation Licence No.02E0008). The accessible portion was 28m in overall length. Runs S to N for some 10m and then turns at right angles and runs E for c. 7m before running to SE. At the latter extremity a rectangular beehive chamber opens to the N. Floor levels vary along the course of the souterrain. Two drop holes are present at one of which there was a removable stone trap-door. Covered and preserved in situ. (Mossop 2002, 12 and 41; Mossop 2004, 375-6)
References:
Mossop, M. 2002 Archaeological monitoring and investigations, Dundalk Institute of Technology, County Louth. Unpublished archaeological report. National Monuments Section, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Dublin
Mossop, M. 2004 Marshes Upper, Dundalk. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2002: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 375-8 (No. 1335). Bray. Wordwell.
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 01 December 2011
Nearby in the register
- Structureunder 1 mi
- Kiln - corn-dryingunder 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.