Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Baunballinlough, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Baunballinlough
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.77784, -7.58461
- SMR number
- KK008-128----
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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
Situated on a W-facing slope just off the brow of a N-S ridge in pasture. A souterrain, discovered during ploughing in 1983 (NMI file 1A/143/83), largely infilled. On inpsection in 1987 a short section of the passage was evident (Wth 0.45m). It was drystone-built and extended E-W. The souterrain is still evident as a dip in the field with one large flat stone (c. 0.4 x 0.5m) exposed which may have formed part of the roof. A ringfort (KK008-044----) lies c. 200m to the SE.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 7 February 2012
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.