Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Megalithic structure
Ballyline West, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyline West
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.51792, -9.46983
- SMR number
- KE006-013----
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
Marked 'Giant's Grave' on the 1841-42 OS map and 'Giant's Grave (Site of)' on the later edition of 1914-15. This appears as a rectangular structure on the earlier map, though no surface trace survives today. The Ballyline river lies E of this site, flowing N-W. It is situated in a subdenomination of the above townland called Grafa (grubbed land).
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 7. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 1 August 2013
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rath1 mi
- Ringfort - rath1 mi
- Ritual site - holy well2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.