Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Ballydarrig, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballydarrig
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.97563, -10.19388
- SMR number
- KE069-014001-
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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
This site (KE069-014----), which has been levelled, was situated about 30m NW of a cross-inscribed boulder (KE069-015----). A record of it made in the 1930s noted that the hut was in a very collapsed state, forming a cairn of appromimately circular plan.
A souterrain (KE069-014001-), with an opening c. 8m to NW, was reported locally to have had two passages (KAS). This appears to be the 'chambered cairn' referred to by O'Connell (1939a, 47).
The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 1424. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 1 August 2013
Nearby in the register
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Cross-inscribed stoneunder 1 mi
- Burialunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.