Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Ballybunnion, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballybunnion
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.51197, -9.67740
- SMR number
- KE004-031003-
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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
Ballybunnion Castle (KE004-031002-) is situated on the summit of a cliff and within the enclosure of a promontory fort (KE004-031001-). In 1987 an underground passage tunnel some 30m long was unearthed. Access was gained by an opening in the S side of the cliff face. It extends towards the castle until it stops due to a cave-in, with another branch ending in a cul-de-sac. This man-made tunnel is constructed of stones in the beehive fashion, and the chamber is over 2m high.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 994. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 18 November 2013
References
ASIAP - Archaeological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1996 - c. 2010).
Nearby in the register
- Promontory fort - coastalunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.