Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Baile An Ghlaisín ,dromavally (corkaguiny By.), County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Baile An Ghlaisín ,dromavally (corkaguiny By.)
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.18183, -10.04656
- SMR number
- KE045-014002-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
Cashel KE045-014---- is marked on the 2nd edition of the OS map only by a curve in the townland boundary, but the remains of the enclosing wall can still be traced around the entire perimeter, and 2 rectangular house sites and a souterrain are visible in the interior.
Souterrain: The souterrain lies in the NE sector of the interior. It is comprised of 2 dry stone-built passages or chambers which are now inaccessible but which can be partly viewed through a gap under one of the roofing slabs. One section is aligned NNE-SSW, parallel to and possibly partly under the cashel wall, and the 2nd section runs SW from this for at least 5.5m. A small stream which formerly skirted the outside of the cashel wall in the NE quadrant now disappears underground at N, flows through part of the souterrain, and re-emerges outside the cashel at ESE.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 543. 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
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.