Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Cloghane (clanmaurice By.), County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cloghane (clanmaurice By.)
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.47659, -9.68461
- SMR number
- KE009-014002-
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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
Univallate cahir KE009-014---- is situated in a corner of a field and is enclosed by fieldbanks to the W and S. Ballybunnion can be clearly seen to the N. The enclosing stone bank, which is now covered by grass, encloses a circular area.
'Cave' (KE009-014002-) is marked on the 1841-42 OS map, though it does not appear on the later edition, but the surviving stones may represent where there was once a souteriain.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 804. 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
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.