Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Killeens (cork By.), County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killeens (cork By.)
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.91819, -8.52648
- SMR number
- CO074-069----
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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 ringfort (CO074-006---). Opened by Caulfield in 1850 in a search for ogham stones; none were found. Caulfield records a single stone-built chamber with 'the flags of the ceiling supported by huge blocks of stone'. (Caulfield 1850, 441-4)
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). 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
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.