Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Mallowgaton, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mallowgaton
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.76706, -8.81968
- SMR number
- CO096-060002-
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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
Discovered in 1979 following levelling of ringfort (096-06001-). The souterrain had been subject to considerable collapse and proved impossible to survey fully. Stone-built passage of uprights (H 0.8m; Wth 0.7m) roofed by lintels, extended 3m in N-S direction; blocked at S end but N end led to circular earth-cut chamber. (Hurley and Hurley 1979, 50-1). No visible surface trace.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.