Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Doire Mhór Thiar, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Doire Mhór Thiar
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.24039, -9.84996
- SMR number
- KE037-027----
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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
While ploughing this area, c. 150m S of Tralee Bay at the base of Derrymore Island, an 'underground passage' was discovered many years ago (local information). The roof, formed of large stone flags, lay .4 to .5m below the surface and the passage was estimated to extend at least 12m W from the opening. Though it was subsequently covered over and no visible trace remains, it seems likely, from the description, that the structure is a souterrain.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 758. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 7 August 2013
Nearby in the register
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.