Souterrain

The National Monuments Service's description

In the SW quadrant of a rath (CO086-048----). This souterrain was discovered during the excavation of the rath in 1992 in advance of an expansion of a limestone quarry; it was subsequently excavated. It consisted of a single curving passage (L 11.3m; Wth 0.96m; H c. 1m), 1.85m below the present ground level. The S section of the passage was described as being of 'post and panel construction' while the N part was composed of drystone-walling with a few orthostats placed near the entrance (ibid.). Only one roof lintel remained in situ. It had been placed on a stack of drystone-walling. The souterrain had been backfilled in the past and contained five separate fills with occasional inclusions of animal bone, molluscs and charcoal. (Mount 1992; Mount 1993, 10)

The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009).

Date of upload: 22 December 2009

References

Mount, C. 1993 Killanully: (1) ringfort and souterrain (2) rectangular enclosure. In I. Bennett (ed.) Excavations 1992: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 10-11. Bray. Wordwell Ltd.

Mount, C. 1992 ‘Killanully, Co. Cork.' In Digging up Cork, Archaeological Excavations in Cork. Cork Public Museum, 14-17,