Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Killacoosane, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killacoosane
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.56831, -9.09969
- SMR number
- CO143-045001-
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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 a S-facing slope with views over rolling countryside to the mouth of Glandore Harbour. This souterrain was discovered in the early 2000s when the ground collapsed during silage cutting. The resulting opening (1.1m N-S; D 0.8m) leads down to a chamber (L c. 2m), the curving roof of which appears to have been cut from clay. The souterrain has been largely filled in for safety reasons and was inaccessible. According to local information, there are traces of a stone wall on one side. This may be a blocked-up construction shaft. There is a standing stone (CO143-045----) c. 25m to the E.
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
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Burialunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.