Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Baile An Tsagairt (tc Baile An Bhóthair), County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Baile An Tsagairt (tc Baile An Bhóthair)
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.16982, -10.03079
- SMR number
- KE045-024001-
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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
Ringfort KE045-024---- was destroyed in about 1982 and the site is now marked only by a scatter of small stones which cover a roughly circular area 30m in diameter.
A drystone-built souterrain (KE045-024001-) was revealed when the site was levelled but it was subsequently covered over again. It consisted of at least 1 passage and chamber, and a porthole slab marked an entrance at some point within the structure. A small perforated stone, possibly a net-sinker or loom-weight, was found amongst the loose stones on the surface.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 605. 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 - rathunder 1 mi
- Burialunder 1 mi
- Inscribed stoneunder 1 mi
- Ogham stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.