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Located to W of a graveyard (MA071-028002-), which encloses a round tower (MA071-028003-) and the site of a church (MA071-028001-).
This souterrrain was uncovered in 1967 by workmen digging foundation trenches for the wall of the 'new cemetery at Meelick', in a field known locally as 'The Bishop's Field' (NMI Correspondence Files/SMR file). Two trenches (D c. 1m) cut through the souterrain, revealing it to be of dry-stone construction with lintel roofing. Some objects, including bones and sea shells, were recovered and brought to the National Museum. The souterrain is likely to have been associated with the monastic foundation which existed here, of which the round tower and church were a part.
The souterrain was covered over again; its exact location, which was not recorded at the time of its discovery, remains uncertain.
Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 21 June 2018
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