Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Duichealla, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Duichealla
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.79994, -10.33612
- SMR number
- KE096-015----
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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
This souterrain, not marked on the OS maps, is located on a W facing slope above Ducalla Head. It was discovered in the 1940s during repair work to a field boundary. A 3m long section of the souterrain passage is visible, aligned E-W, and it is blocked with collapse at both ends. The side-walls are composed of upright slabs, c. .5m high, overlain by drystone walling which corbels slightly. Roofed with lintels, the passage is 1.15m wide and 1.1m 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. 875. 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
- Megalithic structureunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.