Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Minish, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Minish
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Cave
- Coordinates
- 52.03990, -9.45006
- SMR number
- KE067-038001-
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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 cashel (KE067-038----). The souterrain is evident in the N half of the cashel as an uneven grassy area in which spaces between two large stones lead underground. In the 1940s, a stone stairway leading to an underground passage was noted here though the top portions of the stairway were described as having disappeared (ITA). According to local information, the passage extended to the W. The entrance has been closed with large stones for safety reasons.
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 - cashelunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.