Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Balreask Old, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Balreask Old
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.63911, -6.67106
- SMR number
- ME025-035----
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
Situated on a fairly level landscape. Two sections of a souterrain passage came to light in preparing the S end of a football pitch. The two portions were aligned with each other and formed a single E-W passage (L 14m plus; Wth 1m; H 1.15m) that was blocked at the W end, collapsed in the centre but terminated without a chamber at the E end. It had straight walls that corbelled in a little at the top and it was roofed with lintels. (Rynne and Prendergast 1962, 39-40)
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 upload: 10 July 2007
Revised: 29 March 29023
Rynne, E. and Prendergast, E. 1962 Two Souterrains in Co. Meath. Ríocht na Mídhe vol. 2, No. 4, 31-40.
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.