Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Carhoovauler, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carhoovauler
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.69085, -8.96264
- SMR number
- CO122-001002-
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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 1905 in NW quadrant ringfort (CO122-001001-). McCarthy (1977, 181-183) records four subrectangular chambers. Chamber 1 stone built W end; roofed with 6 capstones supported by chambers sides and 7 pillars; earth-cut cells to E and N. Other chambers earth-cut with barrel-vaulted ceilings. Chamber 1: L 2.9m; Wth 1.5m; H 0.85m. Chamber 2: L 3.2m; Wth 1.7m; H 0.9m. Chamber 3: L 3.8m; Wth 1.4m; H 1m. Chamber 4: L 3.5m; Wth 1.3m; H 0.8m. Three pillars in chamber 1 bear ogham inscriptions (CO122-001003-, CO122-001004-, CO122-001005-). Collapsed area in NW quadrant fort now indicates position. (Crowley 1906, 204; Macalister 1945, 77).
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
- Ogham stoneunder 1 mi
- Ogham stoneunder 1 mi
- Ogham stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.