Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Cloghanecarhan, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cloghanecarhan
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.89189, -10.16846
- SMR number
- KE089-012001-
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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 pasture on the S slopes of Foilclogh, overlooking the Inny river estuary to S. Situated on a stone-revetted terrace, 14.5m long and 9.5m wide, a collapsed circular hut of corbelled drystone construction with a souterrain.
The lintelled entrance to a well-built drystone souterrain is located in the S face of the terrace, near its W end. It faces ESE and measures .75m high x .65m wide. A 3.3m long passage extends towards WNW before curving gently to N for a further 6m. It averages 1.2m high and 1m wide. It is interrupted midway along its length by a low lintelled creepway, flanked by four pairs of orthostats. This measures 1.4m long, .6m high and .5m wide. Collapse at the N end of the passage impeded futher investigation.
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. 1189. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 31 July 2013
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.