Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Lucan And Pettycanon, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lucan And Pettycanon
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Souterrain
- Coordinates
- 53.35424, -6.44916
- SMR number
- DU017-021002-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated in the NW end of a ringfort's interior (DU017-021001-). Its position is visible as a sunken area with descending stone steps. It was accessible up to recently. When last inspected in 1971 the entrance led into a passage with a beehive chamber off it. This was built of drystone walling with a corbelled roof closed by a large slab which was thought to be a modern repair. At a point opposite the present entrance was another entrance into a slightly curving passage orientated ENE-WSW. This was blocked at one end (Anon 1896, 421-2; Ball 1906, 4, 36; Price 1940, 123).
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
References
Anon. 1896 Proceedings. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 26, 415-16, 421-2.
Ball, E.F. 1902-20 (Reprint 1979) A history of the County Dublin, 6 vols. Dublin. Gill and Macmillan.
Price, L. 1940 The Antiquities and Place Names of South County Dublin. Dublin Historical Record 2, 121-133.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Water mill - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Water mill - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Crossunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.