Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Kilmore (clanmaurice By.), County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilmore (clanmaurice By.)
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.47787, -9.70553
- SMR number
- KE009-001002-
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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
KE009-001001- is situated on a rise with the land gently sloping NE. A trackway runs immediately W of it. This site is marked on the 1841-42 OS map as a circular enclosure and 'cave' is marked in the interior; on the later edition map of 1915-16 the W section of the fort has been levelled. Today this site consists of a semi-circular bank constructed mainly of stones, within which are the remains of a collapsed souterrain.
In the NE sector of the interior, three stone-lined depressions are evident, the remaining chambers of the souterrain (KE009-001002-): they measure 4m x 2m, 3m x 3.4m and 8m x 1.4m. W of these collapsed chambers is an elongated mound measuring 6m x 3m.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 806. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 3 August 2013
Nearby in the register
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Bastioned fortunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.