Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Doon West, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Doon West
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.52560, -9.67536
- SMR number
- KE004-011001-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
On the interior side of the outer bank of KE004-011----, just at the cliff edge, an opening is discernible, revealing stonework which possibly suggests an entrance/exit to a souterrain (KE004-011001-). The entrance to the interior of the fort measures 3m at the inner bank; there is a causeway leading to this entrance which measures c11m wide and over 25m long.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 105. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 2 August 2013
References
ASIAP - Archaeological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1996 - c. 2010).
Nearby in the register
- Cliff-edge fortunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Promontory fort - coastalunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.