Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Duneel, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Duneel
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.50736, -7.63665
- SMR number
- WM017-092----
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 on a ridge, in undulating, hilly pasture. Monument not depicted on any OS historic maps. Described in 1984 as the entrance to a souterrain which has been blocked up. The location would have been suitable for a ringfort. Souterrain not visible on Digital Globe aerial photography.
Compiled by: Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien
Date of upload: 20 December 2018
Nearby in the register
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosure - large enclosureunder 1 mi
- Castle - ringworkunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.