Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Curraleigh (muskerry West By.), County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Curraleigh (muskerry West By.)
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.97346, -9.07813
- SMR number
- CO059-165----
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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
Discovered c. 1987 when collapse occurred c. 2m NE of hut site (7905). Rectangular stone-built chamber (L c. 8m; Wth 1.2m; H c. 1.2m; long axis E-W), narrowing towards E end; stone lining missing on W and E ends and parts of S wall. Opening (H 0.65m; Wth 0.5m) at W end of N side approached by collapsed entrance passage. All measurements approximate as chamber waterlogged.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
Nearby in the register
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.