Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Com Dhíneol Theas, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Com Dhíneol Theas
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.10223, -10.45041
- SMR number
- KE052-141001-
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 2 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
Clochán na mBardán: In rough rocky pastureland overlooking Coumeenoole bay to W. A group of 7 drystone-built structures, none now more than 1.5m high. The best-preserved is a circular building now incorporated into a later sheep-fold, and apparently containing a souterrain (Macalister 1899, 270-2). D: 3.6m. H: 1.5m. T: 1m. At least 3 of the other structures are merely sheep-shelters but the remainder may have been hut sites, though their ruinous condition renders interpretation difficult.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 1224. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 5 August 2013
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.