Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Boolacullane, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Boolacullane
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.14978, -9.53759
- SMR number
- KE048-088001-
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
In a rath (KE048-088----). A slab-covered opening (c. 0.65m E-W; c. 0.55m N-S) in the bank of the rath at NW, leads into a stone-lined corbelled chamber (1.9m N-S; 1.7m E-W) roofed with a single slab. A creepway (H 0.6m; Wth 0.3m), the walls and roof of which are lined with single stones, extends to the SE from the chamber. An earth-cut passage (L c. 4m; Wth c. 1m) extends to the SE, beyond the creepway. The passage narrows towards the SE end where some collapse was noted. The floor at the SE end is raised by infill. According to the landowner, a slab covering the stone-built chamber was revealed during ploughing in the 1970s and at that time the passage was partially dug out in an attempt to trace it further. (Castleisland District Archaeological Survey)
Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork.
Date of upload: 31 January 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.