Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Dinneens, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dinneens
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.34803, -9.80328
- SMR number
- KE020-025----
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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 site is oval shaped, being 12m N-S and 20.5m E-W internally. It consists of an oval area enclosed by a low, wide earthen bank. The enclosing bank is completely levelled to the N for 5m. Elsewhere it is c 6m wide and rises to an average of 1.5m above the interior and 1.6m above the external ground level. The interior is at a slightly higher level than the surrounding land.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 1081. 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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Stone headunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.