Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Oldbridge, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Oldbridge
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.71277, -6.42009
- SMR number
- ME020-007----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
The following 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.
Date of upload/revision: 10 July 2007
Z-shaped souterrain with drystone-built, corbelled passages (total revealed L 15.8m). Passage ends in beehive chamber (diam. 2.70m, H 1.6m). Second passage (L 1.85m) runs E from main passage and terminates in beehive chamber (diam. 2.5m, H 1.7m).
Nearby in the register
- Prehistoric site - lithic scatterunder 1 mi
- Prehistoric site - lithic scatterunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.