Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Tooreenmore (iveragh By.), County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tooreenmore (iveragh By.)
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.91440, -10.14915
- SMR number
- KE080-057001-
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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
On a low hummock about 500m upslope from KE080-050----. A roughly circular drystone hut (KE080-057----) with a semi-subterranean wall chamber (KE080-057001-). Severely modified for use as a sheepfold; a lamb shelter is incorporated in the S wall. D: 3.8m x 2.1m.
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. 1411. 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
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Road - road/trackwayunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.