Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Letternadarriv, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Letternadarriv
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.86669, -9.85971
- SMR number
- KE091-102----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
This collapsed and flooded souterrain, not marked on the OS maps, is located on top of a rise in boggy pasture on the E side of the Ardsheelhane river valley. Its location has been fenced-off due to its dangerous condition. There are two openings, 3.6m apart, both the result of collapsed roofing slabs. These allow viewing of a lintelled passage with sides of earth, which is aligned E-W before curving to SE. Blocked at both ends by collapse, the passage averages .8m wide and is up to .6m 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. 893. 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
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Anomalous stone groupunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.