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Souterrain

Carrigdarrery, County Cork, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Souterrain, Carrigdarrery, County Cork, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Carrigdarrery
County
Cork
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
NULL
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
51.85793, -8.88871
SMR number
CO083-019----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1883 · Ireland 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In level pasture; discovered in 1983. Investigated by Cleary (1986, 34-5) who described two rock-cut chambers, the roofs of which had collapsed. Chamber 1: irregular (2m N-S; 0.84m E-W); construction shaft in E wall; creepway (L 0.9m; Wth 0.3m) at S end. Chamber 2: roughly rectangular (1.95m N-S; 0.7m E-W; H 0.55m); construction shaft in S wall; S end narrows (Wth 0.4m) and blocked creepway leads to further chamber or original entrance. Walls of chamber 2 tapered inwards towards ceiling. Stone resting against N wall of chamber 2, adjacent to creepway opening; Cleary (ibid.) suggests this may have functioned as closing stone. Site now backfilled.

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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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