Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Ballynagraigue, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynagraigue
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.38169, -9.32322
- SMR number
- KE018-003001-
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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on the crest of a hill, with extensive views in all directions, this site consists of a circular area enclosed by an earthen bank. The internal diameter of the site measures 33m N-S, and 35m E-W; the bank is low and measures c 5m wide. The exterior height of the bank varies from .4m-1.6m, and its internal height .3m-.8m. The internal area is at a higher level than the surrounding land, and contains small low mounds of stones, now grassed over. It is marked on OS maps as 'Children's Burial Ground (disused)'.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 874. 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
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.