Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Kerries West, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kerries West
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.27379, -9.76434
- SMR number
- KE028-090001-
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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
'The RMP manual on the basis of a report of souterrains in the general area of the site in the Minute Books of the Kerry Field Club (Kerry County Library MS), suggests a souterrain is connected with this enclosure. However this is clearly not the enclosure described in the County kerry Field Club minutes, which was described in 1940 as "now cleared away only a small portion of the embankment is shown in a nearby fence". A possible souterain opening is visible outside the enclosure, in the flat land between this and another limestone reef. This opening is 121m from the exterior of the extant stone enclosure. Given the siting of the enclosure on bedrock and the distance involved it is almost certain that this possible souterrain is not directly associated with the enclosure but more likely with the crop mark enclosure [KE028-120----] below. However, it is important to note that natural caves occur in this area and cave ins are a common occurrence.'
Description from ‘The Prehistoric Settlement of the Lee Valley, Tralee, Co. Kerry; A Landscape Perspective’ by Michael Connolly. PhD Thesis UCC 2008
Date of upload: 05 July 2012
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.