Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Emlaghpeastia, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Emlaghpeastia
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.88812, -10.28921
- SMR number
- KE088-008----
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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
A low stony subcircular platform, 25m in diameter, is located in low-lying pasture a short distance S of Portmagee Channel. Towards its centre is reputed to be the entrance to a single-chambered souterrain, last entered in the early1950s (local information). This site is not marked on the OS maps.
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. 877. 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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.