Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
House - indeterminate date
Doon West, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Doon West
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.52310, -9.67688
- SMR number
- KE004-012----
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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
In grassland, with cliff-edge fort (KE004-011----) and souterrain (KE004-011001-) 220m to N, promontory fort (KE004-068----) 350m to W, second promontory fort (KE004-018----) 240m to SSW. Grass-covered wall footings of a two-room rectangular-shaped house aligned NNE-SSW on its long axis with possible projecting angle block at N visible on Digital Globe orthoimages taken between 2011-13. Outline of levelled house site visible on Google Earth orthophoto taken 02/04/2021.
See attached Google Earth orthophotos
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 6 October 2022
Nearby in the register
- Promontory fort - coastalunder 1 mi
- Cliff-edge fortunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Promontory fort - coastalunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.