Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Ballybeg West, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballybeg West
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.21470, -8.66796
- SMR number
- CO025-169----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In tillage, on the W side of Ballybeg Glen. According to local information, a souterrain was discovered here in 2001. It was described as stone-lined and contained some bones thought to be animal bones. It was filled in before it could be inspected.
The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009).
Date of upload: 22 December 2009
Nearby in the register
- Dovecoteunder 1 mi
- Religious house - Augustinian canonsunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.