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Souterrain

Petitswood, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Souterrain, Petitswood, County Westmeath, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Petitswood
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.52136, -7.31320
SMR number
WM019-077001-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on a natural rise in gently undulating land with good views in all directions. Within the SW quadrant of ringfort (WM019-077----) is a very wide depression (basal Wth 1.8m; D 1.2m) which extends (max. L 22m) from the interior of the bank at S to the gap at WSW and which may represent a collapsed souterrain.

Compiled by: Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien

Date of upload: 04 June 2019

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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