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Souterrain

Patrickstown, County Meath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Souterrain, Patrickstown, County Meath, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Patrickstown
County
Meath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.73861, -7.06588
SMR number
ME015-018002-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1636 · Vltoniae Orientalis Pars (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (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

This souterrain has been open since the nineteenth century (Rotheram 1893, 306-07). The entrance is in the bank of rath (ME015-018001-) at SSE, and it may be close to the original entrance. A corbelled and lintelled passage runs NW (L 6.2m) and curves slightly around to the N (L 6. 55m) where it is most commodious (Wth 0.8-0.9m; H 1.4m) before entering a beehive chamber (dims 4.1m NW-SE; 3.8m NE-SW; max. H 2.3m) closed by one large stone at the top. The passage (total L 12.3m) slopes down gently from the entrance and the doorway to the chamber has vertical jamb-stones on either side.

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

References

Rotheram, E. C. 1893 On some Caves in the Sileve na Cailliagh District, Co. Meath. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, vol. 3, (1893-6)305-310

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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