Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Reen (carbery West (e.d) By.), County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Reen (carbery West (e.d) By.)
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Cave (1842)
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.51991, -9.17131
- SMR number
- CO151-020002-
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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 pasture, on the N side of a modern lane in a field known as the 'religín' and below the crest of a hill overlooking the sea to the W. According to local information, infilled in 1850s; said to extend in N-S direction. No visible surface trace. Named 'Cave' on the 1842 OS 6-inch map.
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
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Structureunder 1 mi
- Promontory fort - coastalunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.