Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Ballinlug, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballinlug
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.53150, -7.52810
- SMR number
- WM018-089003-
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 slight rise, in relatively low-lying pasture, with stream to NW, N and NE marking townland boundary. In W quadrant of ringfort (WM018-089001-) are the remains of two V-shaped depressions which have low mounds of up-cast beside them. These may represent the remains of a souterrain. The slight expansion at the N end of the larger depression may represent the site of a chamber. The smaller depression averages 1m in depth.
See attached plan of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI
Compiled by: Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien
Date of upload: 05 February 2019
Nearby in the register
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Barrow - stepped barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.