Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt spread
Coolnaleen Lower, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coolnaleen Lower
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.43165, -9.50772
- SMR number
- KE010-077----
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
According to the landowner, burnt stones and charcoal were discovered during ploughing. It was situated about 11m NW of a possible holy well (KE010-079----). A scattering of burnt stones can still be seen today.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 51. 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
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.