Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Higginstown (farbill By.), County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Higginstown (farbill By.)
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.53194, -7.13461
- SMR number
- WM020-081001-
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, on gently undulating pasture, with good views in all directions. In NE sector of ringfort (WM020-081----) are the remains of a possible souterrain. It is visible as a Y-shaped depression (L 5.2m NNW-SSE; 5.3m E-W; 4.7m WSW-ENE; average Wth 1.5-3m; average D 0.2-3m) which may represent the collapsed roof subsiding into a subterranean passage.
Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.
Date of upload: 05 July 2019
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.