Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Knockbrack (clanmaurice By.), County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockbrack (clanmaurice By.)
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.37270, -9.75102
- SMR number
- KE015-104001-
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
Univallate rath KE015-104---- is situated in a corner of a field and has now been much disturbed. It consists of a circular raised area, though to the NE and E slight traces of the enclosing bank can be distinguished.
The landowner (Mr Collis) stated that this was the entrance to the souterrains (KE015-104001-), but was filled in a number of years ago. Also to be noted in the interior are five small mounds, Three are in a line running NW-SE, one is in the NE sector and the fifth towards the E sector.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 577. 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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.