Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Rath (glanarought By.), County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rath (glanarought By.)
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.80242, -9.58408
- SMR number
- KE102-043001-
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 rath (KE102-043----). A collapsed opening to a souterrain is visible on the external face of the scarp of the rath, above the fosse at S. The souterrain consists of an earth-cut chamber (Wth 1.5m; H c. 1m; L c. 3m) with a rounded roof. A creepway at the N end of the chamber extends to the N. A low ridge extends to the N along the centre of the interior of the rath and several depressions along this ridge suggest the line of the souterrain. Collapse at the base of a depression at N reveals a damaged chamber.
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
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.