Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Lismullin, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lismullin
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.59254, -6.58800
- SMR number
- ME032-049----
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 towards the top a slight E-facing slope. A souterrain passage came to light through ploughing in the spring of 1989. It consists of a passage (exposed L 2.2m; Wth at base 0.86m; H 1.18m) blocked at NW and running SE to a subcircular (diam. 2.12-2.3m; max. H 1.7m) beehive chamber that was capped by two stones, one of which was dislodged by the ploughing (Clinton 1996, 31-2).
See the attached plan from Clinton (1996, fig. 2)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 27 June, 2014
References
Clinton, M. 1996 Two recently discovered souterrains in County Meath. Ríocht na Mídhe, 9, 2, 30-36.
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Passage tomb artunder 1 mi
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Religious house - Augustinian nunsunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.