Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Newtown North, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Newtown North
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.53306, -8.29813
- SMR number
- LI024-302----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
On an elevated area of an E-facing slope, in pasture, with excellent views from N-E-S-SW and 200m NW of a townland boundary with Farranafina. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Within ringfort (LI024-079----) abutting bank at WNW. Monument surveyed by the ASI in 2008 and described as a possible collapse into a souterrain which is visible as a sod covered, sunken oval-shaped area (12m WNW-ESE; 8m NNE-SSW) defined by a broad bank (Wth 8.4m; int. H 0.45m; ext. H 0.2m) at SSW and a narrower bank (Wth 6.45m; int. H 1.3m; ext. H 0.2m) at NNE. Monument is visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken 2011-2013 and on Google Earth orthoimage taken 25/03/2017.
See attached Google Earth orthoimage taken 25/03/2017
Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly
Date of upload: 15 October 2020
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.