Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial ground
Kilcolman (iraghticonnor By.), County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilcolman (iraghticonnor By.)
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.55637, -9.58438
- SMR number
- KE002-048001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
This site is situated in a pastoral field where the land is gently sloping in a N-S direction. It consists of a rough circular area (KE002-048002-) enclosed by an earthen bank and measures 42m N-S, 38m E-W internally, and 46m N-S, 42m E-W externally. The bank measures 3m-4.6m in width at the base and has a maximum height of c 1m externally and .4m-1.2m externally. There is a slight trace of an exterior fosse In the N to W which measures c 1m wide and .4m deep. This site is marked on the 1841-42 OS map as 'Old burial ground' and on the 1914 edition as 'burial ground (disused)'.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 844. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 3 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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.