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Souterrain

Cloghanecarhan, County Kerry, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Souterrain, Cloghanecarhan, County Kerry, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

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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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1841 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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