Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Dunkelly East, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dunkelly East
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Cave (1904)
- Coordinates
- 51.52989, -9.69205
- SMR number
- CO138-020002-
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 1841 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In NE quadrant of cliff-edge fort (CO138-020002-). According to Westropp (1915, 278) 'ope is barely 18" across...more like the earth of a fox or a badger than a souterrain'. 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
Nearby in the register
- Cliff-edge fortunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Boulder-burial1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.