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Barrow - ring-barrow

Shronebeirne, County Kerry, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Barrow - ring-barrow, Shronebeirne, County Kerry, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Shronebeirne
County
Kerry
Country
Ireland
Coordinates
52.43047, -9.36724
SMR number
KE011-042001-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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

This site consists of an earthen bank and internal fosse enclosing a mound 7.2m N-S and 7.4m E-W. The surrounding fosse measures 1.2m wide, while the external bank measures 3.2m wide; its height above the surrounding land measures .6m while its height above the fosse measures .3m. The NNW sector of the external bank is intersected by a depression measuring 3.5m in diameter and .8m deep. Contained within this depression is a large stone (KE011-042002-) measuring 1.6m x .6m x .38m, which possibly gives the ring-barrow its name. It is marked on the 1939 OS map as 'Cloch Liath' (grey stone).

The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 86. 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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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