Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Commons (duleek Lower By.), County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Commons (duleek Lower By.)
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- NULL
- Coordinates
- 53.65464, -6.41947
- SMR number
- ME027-038018-
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
Clay-cut souterrain discovered in 1982. Y-shaped plan with main passage (W 0.8m, H 1.4m) aligned NW-SE and turns W at end with small alcove to E at turning (L of main passage and E arm, 9m). (OPW file)
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.