Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Promontory fort - coastal
Castleshannon (Clanmaurice By., Killury ED), County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Castleshannon (Clanmaurice By., Killury ED)
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.44107, -9.80495
- SMR number
- KE008-008001-
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
On the 1841 OS 6-inch map the promontory is defined from the mainland by a broken line. With the location of Castle Shannon (KE008-008----) on the promontory it is most likely that it was defended at some time.
Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne
Date of upload: 22 August 2013
Nearby in the register
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.