Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Creaghduff, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Creaghduff
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Cave
- Latest-edition OS map
- Cave
- Coordinates
- 53.45320, -7.93108
- SMR number
- WM022-038001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 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 gentle E-facing slope, in pasture with good views overlooking Coosan Lough to E. Annotated 'Cave' on all editions of the OS 6-inch maps. Souterrain described in 1971 as located within the W quadrant of a ringfort (WM022-038----), a depression full of small stones and debris amongst which part of the lintel of a souterrain is visible. It is no longer accessible. Monument described in 1976 as site of souterrain in W quadrant of ringfort visible as a depression in the ground with a very narrow entrance (approx. H 0.2m; Wth 0.3m).
Compiled by: Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien
Date of upload: 17 July 2019
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.