Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Lateeve, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lateeve
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.87777, -10.34597
- SMR number
- KE087-049----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
This site, not marked on the OS maps, consists of a rectangular chamber located in an area of level ground on land that otherwise slopes down steeply to N and overlooks Portmagee Channel. A short passage, 1m long, leads to a narrow opening, .9m high and .45m wide, which gives access to the drystone-built chamber. Its walls are regularly coursed and corbel slightly towards the five roofing slabs. The floor is paved with small irregular slabs, and there is a considerable build-up of silt against the N end-wall. The chamber, aligned N-S, is 3.15m long, .7m wide and 1.2m high.
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. 891. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 29 July 2013
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Cistunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.