Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Derrindaff, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Derrindaff
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.40933, -9.44665
- SMR number
- KE017-010----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
Marked on the 1841-42 OS map as a circular enclosure, this site is not as clearly defined on the 1915 map. This is a small area which is enclosed by a 3m wide earthen bank rising to .5m high. The internal diameter is 10.3m N-S and 10.5m E-W.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 1073. 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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashel1 mi
- Standing stone1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.