Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Dooneen (iveragh By.), County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dooneen (iveragh By.)
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.97319, -10.16520
- SMR number
- KE070-049002-
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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
Two adjoining univallate raths are located in sloping pastureland on the edge of an old meander scarp of the Ferta river, which flows to S. A small stream runs between the two sites and the enclosing elements on both sides of this are somewhat eroded. A field wall overlies and obscures the S sector of the bank of the rath at W. H
Ua Riain noted a ‘smaller circle’ (KE070-049001-) in it, located close to the bank at W and measuring 19 feet (5.8m) in diameter (1927).
He also recorded an inaccessible souterrain (KE070-049002-) located on the E side of this probable hut site. Neither feature can now be identified.
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. 501. 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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.