Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Gortnaboul Lower, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gortnaboul Lower
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.92574, -9.56158
- SMR number
- KE084-009001-
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 (KE084-009----). According to the landowner, there was an entrance to an underground passage in the S half of the rath. The landowner recalls stone steps leading down into a passage which was roofed with stone slabs. As a safety measure, the entrance was closed in the recent past. There are no visible remains of this souterrain.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 30 May 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.