Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Killountane, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killountane
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.77843, -8.62450
- SMR number
- CO097-035001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 the N half of a rath (CO097-035----). According to local information, a souterrain was discovered here in 1996 when the ground collapsed under the weight of a tractor. It was described as a N-S stone-lined passage. It was subsequently filled in.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Country houseunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.