Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Kerinstown And Balrowan (rowley), County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kerinstown And Balrowan (rowley)
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.51829, -7.19304
- SMR number
- WM020-110001-
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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 in all directions. Within the SE quadrant of ringfort (WM020-110----), there is a deep, round-bottomed depression (Wth 3.8m; D 1m) which extends (L 13m) from the inner face of the bank at SE toward the centre and may represent a souterrain. There is a slight earthen bank of potential up-cast along the upper edge of the depression on both sides. Monument is visible as a slightly curvilinear depression on Digital Globe aerial photography. It is possible however that this feature was created as result of post 1700 quarrying rather than the remains of a collapsed souterrain.
Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.
Date of upload: 08 July 2019
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Buildingunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Pit-burialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.