Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Islandhubbock, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Islandhubbock
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.10747, -7.49015
- SMR number
- WA032-028002-
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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 within the promontory fort (WA032-028001-). The entrance to a souterrain was blocked with stones (Westropp 1906; 1914-16, 219), but its hollow is still visible.
References
Westropp, T.J. 1906 Notes on certain promontory forts in the counties of Waterford and Wexford. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 36, 239-58.
Westropp, T.J. 1914-16 Fortified headlands and castles on the south coast of Munster: Part II, from Ardmore to Dunmore, Co. Waterford. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 32C, 188-227.
Nearby in the register
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Inscribed stoneunder 1 mi
- Promontory fort - coastalunder 1 mi
- Promontory fort - coastalunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.