Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Gort Na Lobhar (cléire), County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gort Na Lobhar (cléire)
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- CO153-030----
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The National Monuments Service's description
In a letter to Dr A. Mahr, NMI, dated 6 November 1933, Mr Patrick Burke of Cape Clear island reported two openings to a souterrain in the same field as a boulder burial (CO153-011----) (NMI file). Mr Burke related that workmen had discovered the stone-built souterrain when removing stones from the corner of the field. An opening (Wth 0.9-1.2m) allowed the men to see into the souterrain. There was another similar opening elsewhere in the field. The precise location of this souterrain is not known. (McCarthy 1977, 255).
The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009).
Date of upload: 22 December 2009