Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Farrandau, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Farrandau
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Cave (1902)
- Coordinates
- 51.52651, -9.19369
- SMR number
- CO142-070002-
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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 S half Knockdrum cashel (CO142-070001-). Discovered 1875 (Transactions Clifton College Scientific Society, 1877). Excavated by Somerville (1931, 1-9). Three chambers and entrance passage; entrance defined by lintel and two jamb-stones. Passage at N end chamber 1 rock cut; roofed with capstones; S end chamber 1 earth cut with stone-built walling. Floor and sides chambers 2 and 3 rock cut, upper portions of walls and ceilings earth cut (McCarthy 1977, 239-42). At SW end chamber 3, flat stone slab supported on two slabs, 18 inches above floor. Charred material found in space beneath stone. Above "fireplace", funnel-shaped earth- and rock-cut chimney (Somerville 1931, 7). Restored in 1930 by Office of Public Works.
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 - cashelunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
- Rock artunder 1 mi
- Cupmarked stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.