Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Rathcrihane, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathcrihane
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.32010, -9.80210
- SMR number
- KE020-054001-
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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
Rathcrihane/Ráth Creacháin, ringfort of Creachán (personal name). Overgrown univallate rath KE020-054---- is situated between two fields, and a fieldbank touches it to the NW and SE. It consists of a circular area enclosed by a bank and exterior fosse.
The interior is at a higher level than the surrounding land, and in the SW sector are souterrain remains which were discovered in 1938 when the landowner (Mr McKenna) was digging a grave for a dead horse and came across a small drystone shaft about .9m below the surface of the ground. This lead into a big souterrain (KE020-054001-) which, according to O'Connell (1938), was at least eight feet high. This fort is also connected to Sir Roger Casement, who was captured here in April 1916 (see JKAHS No 20, 1987, 94-110).
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 707. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 2 August 2013
This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 60/1938).
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.