Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Cill Mhic An Domhnaigh, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cill Mhic An Domhnaigh
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.10860, -10.39466
- SMR number
- KE052-284002-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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
Impressive and fairly well-preserved univallate rath KE052-284---- is located on a very slight E facing slope and commands an excellent view in all directions. The circular interior is enclosed by an earthen bank and fosse and contains traces of 3 or 4 huts and a souterrain.
Souterrain (KE052-284002-): This opens off the NW side of the W hut but is not now accessible. A sketch plan made in 1968 (OPW) shows that a passage ran SW from the entrance and probably extended as far as a 2nd opening in the outer face of the ringfort bank at SW; the latter area is now densely overgrown and the precise location of the opening could not be identified.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 482. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 7 August 2013
This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 2/1958).
Nearby in the register
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.