Souterrain

The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on a ridge in undulating pasture, a lot of rock outcrop in the vicinity, with extensive views to S, W and N. Annotated 'Caves' on the 1910 ed. OS 6-inch map and depicted as two small rectangular-shaped structures marked in centre and NE quadrant of ringfort (WM031-066----). According to O’Donovan in 1837 (OSNB No. 1, 12 and 18), the ringfort known as ‘Kilpatrick Fort’ contains two ‘caves’. Monument described in 1979 as a large roughly rectangular-shaped depression containing a lot of small stones is in the centre of the ringfort and a second roughly rectangular-shaped depression is just inside the bank in the NE quadrant. These depressions probably represent the locations of the ‘caves’ mentioned on the OS Fair Plan map. The area of the ringfort to N of the souterrain also has a disturbed appearance.

Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.

Date of upload: 25 November 2019

References

OSNB - Ordnance Survey Name Books. Pro-forma books arranged by Civil Parish for recording townland and other name-forms and compiled in the course of the OS 6-inch survey 1824-1841. The name books also include minor names and incidental references to antiquities. National Archives of Ireland.