Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Keeas, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Keeas
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.97503, -9.83957
- SMR number
- KE072-020----
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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 souterrain, not marked on the OS maps, is located at the edge of a level terrace in land that otherwise slopes down fairly steeply towards the Caragh river at S. It was blocked up in the 1960s, but is still remembered locally as a drystone-built structure with 'steps leading down into a passage'. The field in which it is located is known located as 'Gort na hÓn' (Ó Cíobháin 1978, 61).
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. 889. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 29 July 2013
Nearby in the register
- Rock artunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.