Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Knockane (iraghticonnor By.), County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockane (iraghticonnor By.)
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.47773, -9.47168
- SMR number
- KE011-001001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
Situated on rising land in the corner of a field, with excellent views in all directions, bivallate rath KE011-001---- consists of a sub-circular inner area which is enclosed by a well-defined earthen bank.
Contained within the NE sector is a collapsed souterrain (KE011-001001-), noted on the 1939 OS map. This souterrain cuts the internal side of the inner bank and curves to the E. It is 2.6m wide. Between this curved bank and the inner bank, there is a .6m- deep U-shaped depression and contained within this are four large slabs. The possible entrance lies E where it is c2m wide.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 432. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 2 August 2013
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.