Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
An Lóthar, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- An Lóthar
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.78773, -10.15938
- SMR number
- KE106-008001-
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 cashel (KE106-008----). A collapsed area (L c. 5m) slopes down to an entrance (Wth 1m; H 1.5m) in the NW wall of the cashel. The souterrain is of drystone construction and is roofed with lintels. When inspected, the creepway had filled with water to a depth of 0.2m. (Hegarty and Dowd, 2000)
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 - cashelunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.