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Souterrain

Brackhill, County Kerry, Ireland

The record

Townland
Brackhill
County
Kerry
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
SMR number
KE047-080----

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The National Monuments Service's description

The precise location of the site of a possible souterrain in the townland of Brackhill has not been identified. Described by Macalister (1902, 51) recorded the following details; 'No rath-cave is now known to exist in Brackhill; but after several enquiries I found a tradition of such a structure having stood on the farm of a man named Cronin, at the extreme east of the townland. No trace, however, remains of it: the site has been ploughed up, and the stones are probably utilised for building and similar purposes'.

Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien

Date of upload: 24 May 2022

Macalister, R.A.S. 1902 Studies in Irish epigraphy, vol. 2. London. David Nutt.

Sites and Monuments Record data: National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Record text is reproduced unchanged. National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland · CC BY 4.0
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