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What is a souterrain?

What is a souterrain? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (archaeology) An underground chamber or passage sometimes used as a store, especially one associated with Iron Age settlements.
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On the other hand, there appears to be no objection to growing crops on the top of a souterrain.
My best thanks are also due to Mrs. Hobson for allowing me to make use of her photograph of the entrance to this souterrain.
In 1317 every man dwelling in an ooan, or caher's souterrain, was summoned to join the army of Domched O'Brian.
The souterrain, a place of underground hiding for local people in the millennium before Christ, was discovered and restored by Keelan and his friends.
It is a souterrain situated in Glenshesk, about three miles from Ballycastle.
In many cases we do find the entrance to a souterrain is in a fort.

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