Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Rooves Beg, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rooves Beg
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.88632, -8.80405
- SMR number
- CO072-159----
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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 pasture, on a NW-facing slope. This souterrain was discovered in 1995 when the ground collapsed during silage cutting. A considerable amount of earth from the collapsed roof and some of the loose stones from the W side-wall had been removed manually from the souterrain prior to archaeological investigation. The souterrain consists of at least one earth-cut chamber (c. 4m N-S; 1.45m E-W; min. H 0.7m). The top of the roof of the chamber is c. 0.9m below present ground level. There is a possible construction shaft at the S end of the W wall. A creepway leads to the NNW and a possible second one to the SSW, both are inaccessible.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Stone rowunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.