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NOTES UPON A RATH SOUTEKRATN" AT GrRTEEN, GAINS- 

 TOWN, COUNTY WESTMEATH. Br KEY. WILLIAM 

 FALKINER, M.A. [Plates II., III.] 



[Read November 14, 1898.] 



The Rath of Gurteen is situated upon tlie property of Lord Congle- 

 ton, within four miles of Mullingar, in the parish of Moyliscar, and 

 about 500 yards from the Roman Catholic church of Gainstown. 



In this rath there is a very interesting souterrain which is, I 

 believe, one of the best preserved and most accessible examples of its 



GROUND PLAN 

 GURTEEN SOUTERRAIN 



kind in existence ; but although discovered many yeai's ago very few 

 beyond the residents of the immediate neighbourhood are acquainted 

 with the fact. 



K.I. A. PEOC, SEE. III., VOL. V. 



