Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Ahenny Little, County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ahenny Little
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.41432, -7.39410
- SMR number
- TS079-006----
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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
On the summit of a natural hill, in pasture. The monument was previously inspected in 1975. The entrance has since been blocked up and grassed over. The souterrain, orientated SSE-NNW, slopes slightly downward from N to S (Sweetman and DeBuitléir 1976, 73). It consists of two chambers built of orthostats with dry-stone walling which is corbelled inwards and roofed by large slabs (ibid.). The passage which joins the two chambers is cut through rock outcrop (ibid.). The NW chamber (H 1.7m; dims. 2m x 3.5m) has a small blocked passage (H 0.45m; Wth 0.5m) at its W end c. 1m above the present floor level (ibid.).The SE chamber (H 1.25m; dims.c.2m x 3.5m) has a passage leading S from it which consists of two pairs of jambs and lintels with unlined boulder clay between (ibid.). The passage leads to a wider gallery which is blocked by collapse (ibid.). No associated earthworks are visible at ground level.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
References
Sweetman, P.D. and De Buitléir, M. 1976 Souterrain in the townland of Ahenny, Co. Tipperary. North Munster Antiquarian Journal 18, 73-4.
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Cross - High crossunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Cross - High crossunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.