Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Cluttahina, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cluttahina
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Cave
- Latest-edition OS map
- Souterrain
- Coordinates
- 52.16735, -7.82302
- SMR number
- WA021-008002-
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
Situated within the central enclosure of (WA021-008001-). This is a surface depression (dims. c. 13m E-W; c. 3m N-S) terminating in a circular depression (diam. c. 6m) at W with lintels visible at the E edge. It is now inaccessible but is described as a beehive chamber (diam. c. 2.3m) with an entrance passage (L c. 3m) (Fitzgerald, 1858, 23; Anon. 1897, 270-71).
Anon. (1897) Proceedings, JRSAI 27, 270-72.
FitzGerald, E. (1854-5) On St Declan's Oratory at Ardmore, County of Waterford, and the old Irish inscription built into its esast end. JRSAI 3, 223-31.
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.
Revised by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 21 February 2011
References
Anon. 1897e Proceedings. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 27, 270-72.
Fitzgerald, E. 1854-5 On St Declan's oratory at Ardmore, County of Waterford and the old Irish inscription built into its east end. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 3, 223-31.
Nearby in the register
- Concentric enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.