Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
House - indeterminate date
Ballinglanna (clanmaurice By.), County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballinglanna (clanmaurice By.)
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.42796, -9.73915
- SMR number
- KE009-059002-
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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
Ballinglanna Fort (KE009-059----). This univallate ringfort consists of a circular area enclosed by a high, steep bank of earth and stone and an exterior fosse. The interior is at a higher level than the surrounding land and contains the remains of house-sites and possibly a souterrain.
In the SW sector, there are the remains of another rectangular structure (KE009-059002-), 5m x 4m internally and with walls c 1.8m in thickness. The entrance is 2.4m wide on the N wall. Extending out of the NE corner is a narrow ridge c 2m wide, which travels N for 6.6m before coming in contact with a sub-circular mound 4.4m x 5m internally and .8m high.
Immediately W of this mound is a depression, 5.6m in width and 12m long, which travels W into the enclosing bank. According to local stories this tunnel (KE009-059003-) leads out of the ringfort.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 340. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 2 August 2013
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.