Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Cush, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cush
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.38343, -8.44380
- SMR number
- LI048-034034-
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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
Souterrain in W half of ringfort (LI048-034007-) excavated by Ó Ríordáin (1940, 128-132) between 1934-5. Excavation of the interior of Ringfort 10 uncovered the remains of a souterrain, described by Ó Ríordáin (1940, 128-9) as follows; ‘The length of the stone-built portion of the souterrain was 22 feet [6.7m], while the total length was 36 feet [11m] if we include the approach – a narrow area where the clay was sloped away from the end to the level of the floor of the structure. The walls were parallel, but not straight, and the distance between them slightly under 4 feet [1.2m], while the best portions were slightly over 4 feet [1.2m] in height'.
See attached plans from Ó Ríordáin and Google Earth orthoimages.
Compiled by: Fiona Rooney
Date of upload: 26 August 2021
References
Ó Ríordáin, S.P. 1940 Excavations at Cush, Co. Limerick (1934 and 1935). Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 45, 83-181.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.