Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Kilmalooda, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilmalooda
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.76874, -9.07217
- SMR number
- CO094-121----
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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 N quadrant early ecclesiastical enclosure (CO094-08001-). Discovered November 1981 during quarrying. Three chambers cut into gravel; considerable collapse had occurred in all chambers; Chamber 1: L 2.7m; Wth 1.2m; H 1.2m. Chamber 2: L 2.5m; Wth 1.4m; H 0.94m. Chamber 3: L 2.1m; Wth 1.9m; H 1m; (all measurements approximate). Four sandstone slabs set in S wall chamber 3. Passage to chamber 3 exposed in quarry face. (pers. comm. Dr. A. Lynch).
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
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.