Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Killeen, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killeen
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.45392, -7.52166
- SMR number
- WM025-128001-
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 on a steep natural hillock marked with an OS trig. point (437ft/133m OD), in gently undulating pasture with excellent views to E, SE and S. In ringfort (WM025-128----), inside the bank at WSW is a relatively recently formed circular-shaped depression marking a collapsed souterrain. A small piece of drystone masonry and a small part of a lintel can be seen through the rubble collapse. A linear arrangement of four or five formally set stones is located c. 4m to E and may be associated with the souterrain. A roughly circular-shaped, shallow depression extends inside the upper edge of the bank across the NE and SE quadrants and may also be associated with the souterrain.
Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.
Date of upload: 24 September 2019
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.