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Souterrain

Lackabane (Muskerry East By.), County Cork, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Souterrain, Lackabane, County Cork, 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
Lackabane (Muskerry East By.)
County
Cork
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
51.98675, -8.74270
SMR number
CO050-169----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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)
  • 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1883 · Ireland 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In pasture, on level ground on an E-facing slope. Donoughmore church and graveyard (CO050-102002-, CO050-102003-) are c. 330m to the N. This souterrain was discovered in 2007 after a heifer fell into a hole (diam. c. 0.9m) in the ground formed when the roof of the souterrain collapsed spontaneously. It consists of two earth-cut chambers joined by creepways. Chamber 1 (3.55m NNE-SSW; max. 1.54m NNW-SSE; min. H 1.28m) is roughly oval in plan. It narrows to 1.1m at the N end. Its roof is c. 1.09m below the present ground level. It has two creepways, one at SW and the other at NW. The SW creepway (Wth 0.45m; H 0.39m) slopes upward to the SW but is blocked by collapsed earth. A tape pushed into this creepway showed that it extended for at least 0.94m. It is likely that this is the original entrance to the souterrain. At a distance of 0.86m N of this creepway is a blocked-up construction shaft (Wth 0.6m; H 0.4m). At a distance of 1.1m further to the N is the second creepway (Wth 0.48m; H c. 0.4m) which leads in a NNW direction into chamber 2. Chamber 2 (3.87m NNW-SSE; max. 1.68m NNE-SSW; H 1.3m) is roughly rectangular in plan and narrows to 1.34m at the NNW end. A blocked-up construction shaft (Wth 0.5m) is visible 0.37m W of the creepway.

The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009).

Date of upload: 22 December 2009

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

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