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Souterrain in Letternadarriv

Souterrain
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This collapsed and flooded souterrain, not marked on the OS maps, is located on top of a rise in boggy pasture on the E side of the Ardsheelhane river valley. Its location has been fenced-off due to its dangerous condition. There are two openings, 3.6m apart, both the result of collapsed roofing slabs. These allow viewing of a lintelled passage with sides of earth, which is aligned E-W before curving to SE. Blocked at both ends by collapse, the passage averages .8m wide and is up to .6m high. The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 893. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013

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