Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Mound
Ballyhemikin, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyhemikin
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.38114, -9.74987
- SMR number
- KE015-094001-
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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
The interior [of ringfort (KE015-094----)] is at a higher level than the surrounding land, and in the centre is a small mound (KE015-094001-), 2m x 2.6m internally. About 2m SE of this rath is another small mound (KE015-094002-), 1.8m x 3.6m, which could be connected to the fort.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 529. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 1 October 2013
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 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.