Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Baile An ásaigh, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Baile An ásaigh
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.15022, -10.25005
- SMR number
- KE043-225001-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
KE043-225---- is situated in rough marshy land, at the head of the narrow valley that extends NE from Dingle town.
An inaccessible souterrain (KE043-225001-) in the W sector consists of a hollow, 3m long E-W and .3 to .55m deep, with a large stone, probably a roofing slab, at its W end. A passage appears to run W from an opening beneath this stone, but it is now filled in and could not be inspected.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 294. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 6 August 2013
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Rock artunder 1 mi
- Rock artunder 1 mi
- Settlement deserted - medievalunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.