Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Lemgare, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lemgare
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.20078, -6.78656
- SMR number
- MO014-039----
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
Discovered in the course of destruction during 1974. It consisted of a passage and undifferentiated chamber (min. L 7.5m E-W; max. Wth 1.5m; max. H 1.55m) that had the natural rock as the floor and drystone walls corbelling in to a lintelled roof. There was an air shaft (Wth 0.6m; H 0.2m; L 0.4m plus) in the back wall of the chamber immediately below the lintels. There is a local tradition of a second souterrain nearby, but in 2000 this proved to be an old mine trial, probably from c. 1843 when mining occurred in the area. The souterrain is now occupied by a quarry. (SMR file)
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: 26 February 2018
References
SMR file - Sites and monuments record files in the National Monuments Service, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.
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