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Souterrain

Kerinstown And Balrowan (Rowley), County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Souterrain, Kerinstown And Balrowan (Rowley), 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
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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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 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

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

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