Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Tonavane, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tonavane
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.24899, -9.74578
- SMR number
- KE038-004----
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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
Coleman (1950, 29) records that 'in the field north-west of Mr Tim Scanlan's house, a souterrain was discovered which, it is stated, leads into a natural cave' (SMR file). See field inspection report (NF6, 32) (SMR file). According to the field report, there is no visible surface trace of the souterrain and it is not known about locally.
References
Coleman, J.C. 1950 Caves in the Tralee district of Co. Kerry. Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society, Vol. 55, 29.
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.