Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Inchincurka, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Inchincurka
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.78551, -9.11321
- SMR number
- CO093-051----
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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
On S-facing slope in pasture. Discovered in 1956 and investigated by E. Fahy who described 3 chambers, all earth-cut. Chamber 1: L 0.5m; Wth 1m; H 0.75m. Chamber 2: L 1.75m; Wth 1.25m. Chamber 3: L 1.75m; Wth 1.25m. All chambers subrectangular in plan with barrel-vaulted ceilings; all with long axis NE-SW. Fahy suggests there may be more than 3 chambers. Inaccessible. (McCarthy 1977, 258-9).
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). 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
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - wedge tombunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.