Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Gullane West, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gullane West
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.55561, -9.64407
- SMR number
- KE001-029----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Lisnapeastia/Lios na Péiste (ringfort of the serpent). Marked on the 1841-42 and 1914-15 OS map as a circular enclosure, it was completely ploughed out in the 1980s and no surface trace survives. According to Westropp (1909), it was 'a large low fort'.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 137. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 2 August 2013
References
ASIAP - Archaeological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1996 - c. 2010).
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.