Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Aghacoora, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Aghacoora
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.37929, -9.64344
- SMR number
- KE015-118----
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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 small semi-circular enclosure is marked on the 1916 OS map, but not marked on the earlier 1841-42 map. No surface trace survives today. According to local tradition an ancient route (KE015-132----) ran NW of this possible enclosure.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 1060. 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
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.