Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Knockeen, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockeen
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.20872, -7.16138
- SMR number
- WA017-097002-
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
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
Situated on a S-facing slope, just below rock outcrop to the N. A collapsed circular chamber (diam. c. 2.4m) connected by a creep (L c. 1.2m) to an intact oval chamber (dims. c. 3.35m x c. 1.5m; H c. 1.5m) which has a blocked entrance passage (L 1.5m), at the far end. It was discovered in the 1890s when it was reportedly associated with slight traces of a 'lios' (WA017-097001-) (P. 1894-5; Anon. 1912, 279). It is now closed, but visible as a shallow depression in the ground surface (diam. 14m) of a pasture field.
Anon. (1912) Proceedings - Waterford historical sketch, JRSAI 42, 256-83.
P. (1894-5) Notes and queries - Interesting discovery of bee-hive chambers. WAJ 1, 230-32.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 29 July 2010
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - portal tombunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.