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Souterrain

Gour, County Cork, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Souterrain, Gour, County Cork, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

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-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1841 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1868 · 4. Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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