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
- 51.91837, -9.60190
- SMR number
- KE084-073002-
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 rough pasture, on a peat-covered hillock overlooking the headwaters of Kenmare Bay. An oval opening (0.8m N-S; 0.6m E-W) at the base of a depression (diam. 2m) leads to an earth-cut souterrain (D 1.25m) which extends in a S direction. The entrance is partially blocked by stones and collapsing clay. There is a hut site (KE084-073001-) c. 2m to the S and a field boundary (KE084-073003-) c. 16m to the W.
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
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Field boundaryunder 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.