Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Cathair Chearnaigh, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cathair Chearnaigh
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.92795, -9.13700
- SMR number
- CO069-018002-
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
Inside bank at N side of ringfort (CO069-018001-). Depression indicates position. According to local information, material removed from depression revealed three or four chambers joined by creepways. Second shallow depression a short distance to S may also be associated.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Clapper bridgeunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.