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Souterrain

Ballinderry (Carrick Par.), County Tipperary South, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Souterrain, Ballinderry (Carrick Par.), County Tipperary South, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Ballinderry (Carrick Par.)
County
Tipperary South
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.35874, -7.47256
SMR number
TS084-017----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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

On a gentle W-facing slope in meadow. The souterrain is now filled with clay. A small mound of clay marks the location. The monument was discovered in 1993 by the landowner during excavations for a water pipe. The capstone was c. 0.3m below the field surface. According to Holland's report (Tipp. SR County Museum, 18th June 1993) 'the site consists of a two chamber souterrain, built of well placed limestone drystone walling. The one chamber open today was a roughly rectangular shape (with rounded corners). The capstones were missing. The interior was filled with water but the height to the capstones would appear to be (estimated) c. 3m. In the eastern end wall is a small, low, creep which ...leads via a short passage, angled right (and southwards) to a second corbelled chamber. This is inaccessible at present. [The landowner] further informs me that there is a blocked creep in this second chamber (again to the south). This could be a third chamber or passage. There are no traces of any earthwork around the souterrain'.

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 26 August 2011

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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