Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Irishtown (duleek Upper By., Moorechurch Par.), County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Irishtown (duleek Upper By., Moorechurch Par.)
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.65403, -6.23010
- SMR number
- ME028-057001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 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 level landscape. The cropmark of a trench (L c. 23m ENE-WSW) lies inside the fosse of rath (ME028-057----) at S and enters it at SSW. Its greatest width (c. 2m) is at the E end where the trench turns N and it could be a souterrain. It is only visible on Apple Maps which utilises a survey conducted by Bluesky International during June 2018.
See the attached enhanced view from Apple Maps
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 7 February 2020
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.