Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Rathealy, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathealy
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.69472, -7.43264
- SMR number
- KK013-059003-
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
Carrigan (1905, vol. 3, 496) records a 'cave or underground chamber' beneath the house platforms in ringwork (KK013-059001-). He states that the entrance to this is situated on the E side of the interior of the site. Inaccessible at present.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 16 June 2015
References
Carrigan, Rev. W. 1905 (Reprint 1981) The history and antiquities of the diocese of Ossory, 4 vols. Kilkenny. Roberts Books and Wellbrook Press.
Nearby in the register
- Castle - ringworkunder 1 mi
- House - medievalunder 1 mi
- Buildingunder 1 mi
- Buildingunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.