Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Rathconrath, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathconrath
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.52272, -7.52985
- SMR number
- WM018-100002-
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 slight rise, in gently undulating pasture, with good views except where limited SE-S-SW due to higher ground. In SW quadrant of ringfort (WM018-100----) between the inner bank and a house site (WM018-100001-) are the remains of a subrectangular depression which may represent a collapsed souterrain. It may also be a small quarry, owing to a heap of up-cast at its SE side.
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
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.