Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Ballincrossig, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballincrossig
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.42261, -9.70360
- SMR number
- KE015-018001-
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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
Univallate ringfort KE015-018---- is situated in a large pastoral field which is sloping S. It consists of a circular area enclosed by an earth and stone bank.
The interior is at a slightly higher level than the surrounding land, and in its W sector are two elongated mounds displaying a lot of stones. The N mound measures 6.4m x 2.8m externally, while the one c 1.6m to the S measures 6m x 4m; they are possibly the remains of a house site (KE015-018001-).
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 519. 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
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.