Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Snimnagorta, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Snimnagorta
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.47816, -7.68881
- SMR number
- WM023-048----
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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 S of a low rise, in pasture. A standing stone (WM023-047----) lies c. 40m to N. Depicted as a narrow linear trench (approx. dims. L 28m; Wth 7m) orientated E-W on the revised 1913 ed. OS 6’ map. Monument described in 1981 as no surface remains visible. According to local information, there was a ‘cave’ in this vicinity, although its precise location is unknown.
Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.
Date of upload: 24 July 2019
Nearby in the register
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Barrow - mound barrowunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.