Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Banna South, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Banna South
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.35059, -9.81036
- SMR number
- KE020-023----
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
Internal diameter 30.8m N-S, 26m E-W
Situated two fields NE of KE020-022----, this site is marked on the 1842 and 1897 OS maps but has since been levelled and is barely visible above ground. It is oval shaped and enclosed by a 5m-6m wide earthen bank which is .5m high.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 673. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 2 August 2013
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.