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Souterrain

Courthoyle Old, County Wexford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Souterrain, Courthoyle Old, County Wexford, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Courthoyle Old
County
Wexford
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.37043, -6.79676
SMR number
WX035-014003-

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University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 14, 1904 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
  • 1911 · Sheet 14, 1911 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on a gentle W-facing slope at the W foothills of Carrickbyrne Hill. There is no evidence of the enclosure (WX035-012001-) at a developed farm complex, but there are local descriptions of a possible souterrain that was found c. 1970 running NE from the tower house. This is described as a stone-built passage in which a person could crouch, but it could be a drain assoiciated with the tower house.

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 15 October, 2012

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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