Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Croughal, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Croughal
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.49094, -7.50619
- SMR number
- WM025-037002-
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 at the NE edge of a low rise, in pasture, with wide views to N and E and overlooked by rising ground to S and W. Barrow (WM025-036----) lies c. 40m to N. Located to the immediate ESE of ringfort (WM025-037001-) is a depression which leads into a corbelled chamber of a souterrain. Described in 1971 as short portions of the ends of two souterrain galleries are visible and accessible. They are very near each other and almost end to end but not quite on the same alignment. A very low narrow passage way extends to ENE from this and does not appear to extend back to the ringfort. In close proximity to field system whereby a field bank running NE-SW abuts the monument to E and two other field banks are in close proximity to N and SSW.
See attached plan and profile of the souterrain surveyed and drawn by the ASI.
Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.
Date of upload: 05 September 2019
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Barrow - stepped barrowunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.