Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Clasheen, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Clasheen
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.04414, -9.44888
- SMR number
- KE067-039001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 rath (KE067-039----). A circular depression (c. 1.4m NW-SE; c. 1.2m NE-SW; D c. 0.3m), obscured by overgrowth and debris, in the E half of the rath may indicate a collapsed souterrain.
Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork.
Date of upload: 31 January 2011
This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 40/1976).
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.