Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Slaght, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Slaght
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.92583, -9.45757
- SMR number
- KE085-007001-
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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 (KE085-007----). In the 1930s Capt. D.B. O'Connell recorded that 'the opening of an underground passage' was visible in the rath (KAS). According to local information, this opening has been closed for a long time. There are no visible remains of the souterrain though an area of subsidence, which was noted outside the outer bank of the rath at NE, may indicate a collapsed chamber.
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
- Kiln - limeunder 1 mi
- Bridgeunder 1 mi
- Bridgeunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.