Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Gortagarry, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gortagarry
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.71542, -9.43730
- SMR number
- CO105-070----
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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 tillage, on a N-facing slope. This souterrain was discovered in 2003 after the ground collapsed during ploughing. The collapse revealed an earth-cut chamber (3.5m E-W; 2.5m N-S; D c. 1m) from which a considerable amount of earth had been removed prior to investigation. This chamber contained two creepways, c. 1.2m apart, leading into two earth-cut chambers. The most westerly chamber (3m NE-SW; 0.9m NW-SE; min. H 1m) has a rounded roof and slopes gently down to the SW. It is partially filled with collapsed earth and its walls appear smoke-blackened. The most easterly chamber (3.5m NE-SW; 0.95m NW-SE; H 1.5m) has an A-shaped roof. It is also partially filled with collapsed earth and its walls appear smoke-blackened. A construction shaft, blocked with stones, was noted at its NE end. (Ryall 2003a)
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
- Fish palaceunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- House - fortified houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.