Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Lisaginny, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lisaginny
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.22002, -6.86516
- SMR number
- MO014-006002-
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 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on top of a low N-S ridge and just WSW of the centre of rath (MO006001-). The souterrain is almost closed but is described (McCormick 1978, 328-9) as an L-shaped passage consisting of drystone walls roofed with lintels. An E-W passage (L 6.8m; Wth c. 1.1m; present H 0.5-0.6m) is entered by the original entrance at E. From the W end the passage turns S (L 3.6m; Wth c. 1.2m; present H c. 0.4m) and it is further damaged at the SW.
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.
See the attached plan after McCormick 1978
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of revision: 10 November 2016
References
McCormick, F. 1978 Two Souterrains in County Monaghan. Clogher Record, vol. 9, No. 3, 326-29.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.