County: Cork Site name: Glananarig
Sites and Monuments Record No.: - Licence number: 06E0085
Author: Jacinta Kiely, Eachtra Archaeological Projects, Ballycurreen Industrial Estate, Kinsale Road, Cork.
Site type: Souterrain, enclosure, pits, structures and quarrying activity
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 530082m, N 574167m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 51.915251, -9.016331
A previously unrecorded souterrain was identified and surveyed following its discovery during road widening at Glananarig, Clondrohid, Macroom. The souterrain comprised two chambers linked by a creep, an air-vent and a third possible chamber. No entrance feature was identified. The distribution of this type of souterrain, with a rock-cut base and an earthen roof, is limited to Co. Cork. The souterrain was located immediately adjacent and to the west of the current road and directly beneath the area of the proposed road-widening works. For safety reasons the souterrain was backfilled upon the conclusion of the survey, as it was deemed to represent a significant danger to passing vehicular traffic.
A group of features were recorded in the area to the west of the souterrain. These consisted of two slot-trenches and nine post-holes, pits and stake-holes. The relationship between the features and the souterrain is unclear. The features extended to the west and south beyond the area of the excavation. The site was bound to the north by a ditch.
The souterrain and the other features identified may be related to the church and graveyard at Glebe, located 150m to the south.
