Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Ballyvongane, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyvongane
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Souterrain (Site of) (1938)
- Coordinates
- 51.93911, -8.85601
- SMR number
- CO060-149002-
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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 W half of ringfort (CO060-149001-). Hartnett (1939, 89) recorded an opening '42in wide x 28in high'; downward slope led to collapsed stone-lined passage roofed with slabs. According to local information, there were several chambers. Hartnett (ibid.) also noted 'it can be traced on the surface for a distance of 20 feet'. No visible surface trace.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Anomalous stone groupunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.