Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
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Kilgulbin East, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilgulbin East
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.35144, -9.71122
- SMR number
- KE021-050----
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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 marked on the OS maps as 'Kilbrickaun fort' (Cill Bhreacáin - church of Breacán (personal name - saint)). A low, roughly circular mound measuring 17.2m N-S and 16.6m E-W is surrounded by a fosse ranging between 3m to 5m in width and an external earthen bank. In the centre of the interior some mounds are to be noted, and one of these produced burnt earth and stones. The overall dimensions of this site measure 39m N-S and 39.8m 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. 89. 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
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.