Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Ballynorig East, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynorig East
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.39442, -9.73255
- SMR number
- KE015-064----
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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
This circular enclosure is not marked on any edition of the OS maps. It consists of a circular area 60m in diameter. The enclosing bank is now much levelled and only faint traces survive. This is enclosed by a 8.5m wide U-shaped fosse, clearly visible on its E side. Slight traces of an outer bank can be noticed. The interior, which is at a slightly higher level than the surrounding land, contains a distinct raised area in the N sector (Ann Lynch, 1984).
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 1061. 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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.