Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Ardea, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ardea
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.80439, -9.76552
- SMR number
- KE100-025001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In a levelled rath (KE100-025----). An opening (L c. 1.5m; Wth c. 0.7m) in the ground leads NW to an earth-cut chamber (3.5m NW-SE; 1.8m NE-SW; H 1.3m) with a curved roof, 0.5m below the ground level. At the centre of the SW side there is a creep-hole (Wth 0.6m; H 0.4m) which extends c. 2m to the SW. Blind offshoots of the chamber were noted at E and SE.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 30 May 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.