Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Na Gleannta Thuaidh, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Na Gleannta Thuaidh
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.18401, -10.28846
- SMR number
- KE043-024002-
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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
Cahercullaun/Cathair Coileáin: Situated on the lower W slopes of Ballysitteragh mountain about 40 to 50m N of a small tributary of the Milltown river.
Souterrain: A hollow in the NE sector of the interior may mark the location of a souterrain. It is 1.2m x 1.5m in diameter and .3 to .4m deep. An aperture at its W side is .2m high and extends at least .5m to W; it is overlain by 2 superimposed slabs. A short distance to SE of this hollow, 5 stones form a line 4.2m long. One of the stones stands upright while the others are prostrate. The function of this feature is not known. Westropp (1902, 699) mentions a clochaun in the interior but as no earlier accounts refer to this it is possible he was mistaken.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 573. 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
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.