Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Gour, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gour
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.62263, -9.97600
- SMR number
- CO127-058001-
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 pasture, on an E-facing slope overlooking Castletownbere. According to local information, the ground collapsed during land reclamation works revealing a series of underground chambers running in a NE-SW direction for c. 35m. The chambers (Wth c. 1m; H c. 1.3m) were 'barrel-shaped' and cut from clay and were linked by 'narrower passages' or creep-holes, which contained 'cobbled stones - like rounded beach stones'. The floors of the chambers were c. 1.8m below the ground level. According to local information, a substantial number of human bones (CO127-058002-) were found in one of the chambers. The chambers were subsequently filled with earth and the ground was levelled off and re-seeded. This 35m strip now displays a slight depression and a distinctive growth pattern.
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
- Burialunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.