Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Aghamore South, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Aghamore South
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.39503, -9.71161
- SMR number
- KE015-143----
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated in flat pasture and contained within a farmyard area. Discovered in 1992 when a hole appeared when part of the lintelled roof of a curving subterranean passage (L 2.8m) collapsed in. The passage (Wth 0.93m; max. H 1.19m) has a rounded end at SE and an earth-cut creepway (Wth 0.55m; H 0.42m) blocked with yellow clay at its W end. The walls of the passage comprise of very small stones (max. Wth 0.2m; max. H 0.1m) laid down horizontally which corbel in slightly at the top to support the lintels.
Compiled by: Matt Kelleher
Date of upload: 19 December 2013
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.