Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Milltown North, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Milltown North
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.57170, -8.97217
- SMR number
- LI020-176----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Ireland 3. (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
Discovered within a cashel (LI020-004001-) and then rediscovered in 1976 when it was 'covered in' (NMI top. files). A sword, now in the National Museum of Ireland, was discovered in this souterrain (Donnelly 1994, vol. 2, 152). There is no no evident trace of the souterrain within the cashel.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of Upload: 8 August 2012
This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 4/1977).
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.