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Souterrain

Bun An Doirín, County Kerry, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Souterrain, Bun An Doirín, 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
Bun An Doirín
County
Kerry
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
51.89083, -10.06670
SMR number
KE089-024----

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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

This souterrain, not marked on the OS maps, is located in a forestry plantation on the E side of the Cummeranearla stream, NE of the Coomduff ridge. Access to it is gained through a lintelled ope with inclining sides, .75m high and .65m wide at base, which leads into the W end of a rectangular chamber. This is 3.45m long, 1.6m wide, and up to 1.35m high. Its regularly coursed, drystone-built walls corbel towards the roofing lintels. The N side-wall curves outwards slightly. The entrance to a creepway, .33m x .55m, is located in the S wall close to the chamber’s SE angle. The creepway is c. 2m long and appears to lead to a second chamber, which is inaccessible.

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. 854. 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

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

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