Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Killumney, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killumney
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.86290, -8.66023
- SMR number
- CO085-133----
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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 tillage, on a NNW-facing slope. This souterrain was discovered during the harvesting of a beet crop in January 1996 when the ground collapsed. The resulting opening allowed access through the E end of the roof of a chamber. The chamber (L 3.5m; max. Wth 1.36m; H 1.36m) is rectangular and earth-cut and has a blocked-up construction shaft (Wth 0.6m; H 0.83m) at its W end. An opening (Wth 0.63m) at SSE may lead to another chamber or to an entrance but it was blocked with spoil and could not be explored.
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
- Mill - cornunder 1 mi
- Country houseunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.