Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Aghavoneen, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Aghavoneen
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.38570, -7.82291
- SMR number
- WM036-003002-
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 in pasture, with good views to E. Souterrain in NE quadrant of ringfort (WM036-003001-) visible as a horseshoe-shaped depression (dims. L 1.6m; Wth 1.1m) with a small rectangular-shaped depression adjoining the W end. An entrance (dims. Wth 0.9m; L 0.4m) into the souterrain is visible in the rectangular-shaped depression. It is unclear if this is an original entrance or a collapse into a souterrain shaft. A smaller opening into the souterrain, which is set in a depression, lies c. 7m to ENE and appears to be an area of collapse.
Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.
Date of upload: 28 November 2019
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Castle - ringworkunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.