Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Carnbane, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carnbane
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.74554, -7.14439
- SMR number
- ME015-002002-
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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
Situated in the SW quadrant of rath (ME015-002001-). A sunken grass-covered area (dims 12.5m NE-SW; 3.7m NW-SE; D 0.6m) that has some stones and also has a spur (L 4.6m) to the NW at its NE end may be the remains of a souterrain.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Meath' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1987). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of revision: 8 January 2019
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - passage tombunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.