County: Kerry Site name: Carhoobeg (Beaufort)
Sites and Monuments Record No.: KE065-008--- Licence number: 14E0104
Author: Frank Coyne, Aegis Archaeology
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 485514m, N 593030m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.077357, -9.670234
A proposed dwelling house location lies adjacent to KE065-008----, souterrain. The exact location of this souterrain is unknown; information from the landowner suggests that it is located somewhere in a field approximately 100m to the south of the proposed house site.
Six trenches were excavated at this site in order to identify if there was any archaeological material or structures in the proposed area of development. Trench 1 (13m north-west/south-east, 1m wide, depth 0.5m) consisted of topsoil on orange boulder clay. This was located across the possible location of the souterrain. No trace of the souterrain or any archaeological features was noted.
Trench 2 (2m north-east/south-west, 1m wide, depth 0.5m) consisted of topsoil on orange boulder clay. This was located across the possible location of the souterrain. No trace of the souterrain or any archaeological features was noted.
Trench 3 (17m north-east/south-west, 1m wide, depth 0.35m) consisted of topsoil on orange boulder clay, and was positioned across the proposed percolation area.
Trench 4 (19m north-west/south-east, 1m wide, depth 0.35m) consisted of topsoil on orange boulder clay, and was positioned across the proposed percolation area.
Trench 5 (9m east-west, 1m wide, depth 0.3m) consisted of topsoil on orange boulder clay, and was located across the area of the proposed house.
Trench 6 (13m north-west/south-east, 1m wide, depth 0.3m) consisted of topsoil on orange boulder clay, and was located across the area of the proposed house.
No archaeological features were noted during the test trenching on the site. No trace of KE065-008---- (souterrain) was noted. Discussion with the landowner has suggested that the location of the souterrain was never known, and that although there was a tradition of a souterrain in the field some distance to the south of the proposed house location (approximately 100m). Local tradition suggests that that a horse fell in to a souterrain, which was then filled in with rocks and stones. The date of this event is not known.
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