Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Carhoomeengar West, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carhoomeengar West
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.91679, -9.59641
- SMR number
- KE084-017001-
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 (KE084-017----). A partially collapsed entrance (L 0.6m; Wth 1m; D 0.6m) at E, at the internal base of the bank of the rath, reveals an earth-cut souterrain with a rounded roof. The interior is inaccessible due to the collapse. A depression (Wth 1m; D 0.7m), extending 4m W of the entrance, appears to indicate the line of a passage. This is probably the souterrain, recorded in the 1940s as having a stone leading into a passage (SMCK).
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.