Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Ceann Trá, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ceann Trá
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.13560, -10.35691
- SMR number
- KE052-046002-
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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
KE052-046001- lies in rough, rocky pastureland on the SW slopes of Caherard Hill overlooking Ventry Harbour.
The souterrain KE052-046002- noted on the 1st edition of the OS map runs under the field wall which defines the NE side of the platform. On the SW side, the drystone-built side walls are visible for a length of 2.5m and define an area, possibly the entrance, .5m wide and .25m deep. A depression on the other side of the wall may indicate the line of a further section of the souterrain. A tall standing stone, located adjacent to the NE side of the field wall, on line with the enclosing bank, may have been part of an entrance feature; it stands 1.45m high.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 552. 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
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Settlement clusterunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stone (present location)under 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.