Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Knocknalour, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knocknalour
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.67988, -6.54663
- SMR number
- WX005-008002-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated towards the bottom of an E-facing slope, overlooking a col to the SE. There are widespread local reports of the discovery c. 1940 of steps leading down into the interior of rath (WX005-008001-), possibly to a souterrain.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
date of upload: 29 February, 2012
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.