Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Lisnacunna, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lisnacunna
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.70360, -8.86152
- SMR number
- CO109-053002-
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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 ringfort (CO109-053001-). Oval, earth-cut chamber (L 4.7m; Wth 1.35m; H 1.3m) with stone-built passage (Wth 0.6m; H 0.4m) explored for 2.7m. Creepways in centre S wall chamber and at SE end passage (McCarthy 1977, 287-289). Ringfort levelled 1982; 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
This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 26/1976).
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.