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Souterrain

Drumgolat, County Monaghan, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Souterrain, Drumgolat, County Monaghan, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Drumgolat
County
Monaghan
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicaetd
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
54.24281, -6.82755
SMR number
MO010-014002-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1636 · Vltoniae Orientalis Pars (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Situated just N of the centre of rath (MO010-014001-) and leading N from a rectangular mound or hut site (MO010-014003-). It is described (McCormick 1978, 326) as a passage or chamber (L 2m; Wth c. 1m; H 0.4-1m) with drystone walls and a lintelled roof that is entered at the S. At the N end a creep (L 0.7m; Wth 0.4m), roofed with a single lintel, leads to an inner chamber (L 2.3m plus N-S; Wth 0.45m at N to c. 0.9m at S; H 0.5m at N to 1.2m at S) that is damaged at the N end.

The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Monaghan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of revision: 11 November, 2016

References

McCormick, F. 1978 Two Souterrains in County Monaghan. Clogher Record, vol. 9, No. 3, 326-29.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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