Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Killeen (Glenquin By.), County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killeen (Glenquin By.)
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Souterrain (1928)
- Coordinates
- 52.36813, -8.44528
- SMR number
- LI048-062----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
In modern coniferous forest plantation, 55m E of Barranahown River that forms townland boundary with Moorestown. An enclosure (LI048-065001) and three standing stones (LI048-065002/004-) lie 200m to the NE. Not marked on 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map and 1897 ed. 25-inch map. Annotated ‘Souterrain’ on the Cassini ed. OSi 6-inch map where it is depicted as a small rectangular shaped area. In 1998 O’Leary (SMR File) recorded from the landowner that he had ‘removed stones 10 to 15 years ago [c. 1985], he went into the single chamber in the stone wall structure circa 3 [0.9] to 4 feet [1.2m] in height, 4 feet [1.2m] wide and 6 [1.8m] to 8 feet [2.4m] long.’ Site of souterrain visible as a small area of unplanted trees surrounded by forestry plantation on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages.
See attached photograph of Mr. Hennessy taken in 1998 by P. O’Leary and Google Earth orthoimages.
Compiled by: Fiona Rooney
Date of upload: 19 August 2021
Nearby in the register
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.