Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Bastioned fort
Kilmore (clanmaurice By.), County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilmore (clanmaurice By.)
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.47794, -9.70539
- SMR number
- KE009-001003-
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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
KE009-001001- is situated on a rise with the land gently sloping NE. A trackway runs immediately W of it. This site is marked on the 1841-42 OS map as a circular enclosure and 'cave' is marked in the interior; on the later edition map of 1915-16 the W section of the fort has been levelled. Today this site consists of a semi-circular bank constructed mainly of stones, within which are the remains of a collapsed souterrain.
Enclosing the inner bank on the N and E side is a three-pointed enclosure (KE009-001003-) that could possibly suggest later remains.
At a distance of c 8m from this bank is the three-pointed enclosure (KE009-001003-) already mentioned. The external height of this three-pointed bank above the surrounding land is .3m, the internal height .2m, and the width of the bank at its base is 2m. It runs from the N through E to SE where it curves into the inner bank.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 806. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 3 August 2013
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.