Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
An Clochán (tc Na Gleannta), County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- An Clochán (tc Na Gleannta)
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.12933, -10.34403
- SMR number
- KE052-052001-
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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
Liscunneendeen/Lios Coinín Doinn: Roughly circular univallate rath KE052-052---- is located on a very gentle SW facing slope overlooking Ventry Harbour. A souterrain and hut site have previously been recorded in the interior and a large cairn lies 50m to NE.
The circular ruin (KE052-052002-) mentioned in the OSNB (Kildrum, 25) and described as being 12 feet (3.65m) in diameter and 5 feet (1.5m) high is no longer extant, the only features visible in the interior being 2 depressions, .75m deep and irregular in outline. The souterrain KE052-052001- led E from the hut and was said to extend as far as the cairn KE052-052003-. The latter, composed of a mixture of earth and stone, is oval in plan and measures 11m N-S, 8m E-W and 1.5m in height.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 363. 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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.