Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Ardgroom Outward, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ardgroom Outward
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.74596, -9.87378
- SMR number
- CO102-008002-
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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
E side ringfort (CO102-00801-) (O'Halloran 1916, 165). Investigated by McCarthy (1977, 141-143) who described 5 earth-cut sub-rectangular chambers with barrel-vaulted ceilings. Average dims. L 2.5m: Wth 1.2m; H 0.7m. Wall recesses in chambers 1,3 and 4; construction shafts in chambers 3 and 4. Long passage (L 7.6m; Wth 0.9m; H 0.8m) extends E from chamber 2, opening into fosse. Ringfort now overgrown but two entrances were noted, one in SW quadrant, the other on ext. face SW bank. O'Shea and Crowley (1972, 78) mention three internal entrances, two more into fosse (one blocked).
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
- Standing stone - pairunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.