Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Garravoone, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Garravoone
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.33041, -7.40596
- SMR number
- WA003-100----
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
Located towards the bottom of a S-facing slope. A souterrain was discovered and backfilled c. 1920. It was re-opened in the early 1970s when the base of an oval chamber (dims. c. 2.4m x 2.1m; D 1.8m) was discovered surviving to two courses (H c. 0.8m), with destroyed entrance passages extending from it to the E and NW. (Kealy and Ryan 1973)
Kealy, P. and Ryan, J. (1973) Souterrain at Garryvoone, Co. Waterford. Old Kilkenny Review 25, 65-7.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 23 December 2008
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Font (present location)under 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.