Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Ballycarnahan, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballycarnahan
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.76834, -10.10095
- SMR number
- KE106-068----
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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
This souterrain, not marked on the OS maps, is located directly S of Caherdaniel village on the E side of the Coomnahorna river. It was infilled several decades ago and is described locally as a stone-built passage which runs NE-SW. O’Connell recorded that it featured several chambers which were ‘large enough to stand up in’ (KAS). A portion of a large slab, possibly a roofing lintel, is all that is now apparent at the location.
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. 847. 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
- Rock artunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.