Drumad basement
The basement of Drumad is Forest near the N1 in the Drumad County Louth in Ireland . The townland of Drumad ( Irish Droim Fhada ) lies on the border with Northern Ireland .
The ( stone-built ) basement of Drumad consists of a 19.0 m long corridor made of dry stone , which is about 1.3 m wide and up to 1.7 m high. It curves gently from northeast to west. About 2.0 m before the end the corridor is slightly constricted and turns strongly southwest, whereby the height decreases. This could be due to the construction of the forest road. It is possible that the basement was originally longer. A side corridor runs north about 5.0 m from the entrance. The access to this passage is approximately 70 cm wide, 1.1 m high and 70 cm long. The passage is approx. 3.8 m long, 2.1 m wide and 1.5 m high. There is a fall at the entrance to the basement. Basement basements are more common in County Louth, particularly those of Donaghmore and Stickillin from the late 13th century are worth seeing.
Work in connection with the expansion of the N1 could mean that the basement may no longer exist. The Stickillin basement is also no longer accessible (filled).
See also
literature
- Mark Clinton: The Souterrains of Ireland. Wordwell, Bray Co. Wicklow 2001, ISBN 1-869857-49-6 .
- Paul Gosling: Five Louth Souterrains In: Journal of the County Louth Archaeological and Historical Society Vol. 19, No. 3, pp. 206-217 (1979)
- Noel Dunne, Paul Gosling, Briain Ronayne: The Stickillin Souterrain (s) In: Journal of the County Louth Archaeological and Historical Society Vol. 18, No. 4 (1976), pp. 272-278
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Coordinates: 54 ° 4 '39 " N , 6 ° 21' 11.9" W.