Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Ballyandreen, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyandreen
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.16679, -10.04034
- SMR number
- KE045-048001-
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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
Internal diam. 37.7m N-S, 40m E-W.
Ballinvoher Fort/An Lios: KE045-048----: Situated directly W of Ballyandreen village, on level ground about 200m E of a tributary of the Owenascaul river, this circular rath is enclosed by a single earthen bank and fosse.
The only feature visible in the interior is a large raised platform in the E sector. This measures 12m x 16.6m x .5m in height, and a depression near its centre measures 5m x 4.1m. A large flagstone which lies directly SW of the latter was said to mark the entrance to a souterrain KE045-048001- (OSNB Ballinvoher, book 2, 2).
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 311. 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
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- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Ogham stoneunder 1 mi
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.