Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Greenmount, County Louth, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Greenmount
- County
- Louth
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.87803, -6.38603
- SMR number
- LH015-012002-
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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
Located 18 feet (c. 6m) below the surface of the motte (LH015-012001-). The souterrain was 'excavated' in 1870 by J. H. Lefroy (1871, 471-502) and found to consist of a drystone-built passage (L c. 22 feet (7m), Wth c. 3 feet 3 in. (1m), H c. 5 ft (1.6m)), aligned N-S. (Leslie 1908, 12-20, 94)
The above 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: 17 July 2007
References
Lefroy, J.H. 1871 On a bronze object bearing a runic inscription found at Greenmount, Castlebellingham, Co Louth. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 12, 471-502.
Leslie, J.B. 1908 History of Kilsaran, County Louth. Dundalk.
Nearby in the register
- Castle - motte and baileyunder 1 mi
- Milestoneunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Font (present location)under 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.