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Souterrain

Duichealla, County Kerry, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Souterrain, Duichealla, 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
Duichealla
County
Kerry
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
51.79658, -10.33812
SMR number
KE096-017----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (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

Located c. 400m SSW of KE096-015---- and not marked on the OS maps, this Y-shaped, stone-built souterrain is situated in rough pasture on a W facing slope overlooking Ducalla Head. The entrance leads into a passage 2.5m long and .8m wide, which is aligned WNW-ESE and is littered with collapse. Its side-walls are of drystone construction and only two roofing lintels survive in situ. A creepway in the WNW end-wall, .5m x .5m, leads into a second passage which is 1m high, .6m wide and extends to NNE for a distance of 3.3m. The well-constructed end-wall at NNE is neatly rounded, and a possible ventilation shaft occurs just below roof level. The side-walls are regularly coursed and incline slightly inwards towards the lintelled roof. A creepway, .5m x .5m, in the SW corner of this passage gives access to a third passage which curves to W for 3.7m. It is .8m wide, .6m high and is of similar construction to the second passage. A single slab closes its W end.

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. 876. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

Date of upload: 30 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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