Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Lerrig South, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lerrig South
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.35866, -9.76669
- SMR number
- KE020-021----
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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
According to the landowner, several years ago an underground souterrain system was uncovered, but has since been closed up. No surface trace survives.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 1130. 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
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Standing stone (present location)under 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.