Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Ballintober, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballintober
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.43247, -7.61941
- SMR number
- WM031-048001-
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 slight rise, in pasture. In the NW quadrant of ringfort (WM031-048----) are the remains of a souterrain. The exposed portion of the souterrain (dims. L 3.5m; Wth 1.2m) may represent the entrance. The roof of the passage is covered by stone lintels and the side walls are defined by drystone corbelling constructed of small boulders. On the surface to SW a depression runs inside the bank which may represent the remains of a collapsed souterrain passage.
Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.
Date of upload: 13 November 2019
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.