Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Kerries West, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kerries West
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.27506, -9.76581
- SMR number
- KE028-116----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
'Located on a limestone reef 90m north-west of that on which KE028-090---- is located. The reef affords commanding views in all directions particularly toTralee Bay at the south and south-west. The surface of the reef bears up to 12 separate short stretches of low stone walls (KE028-117----), sometimes composed of limestone rubble and at other times composed of lines intermittent boulders with some rubble between. The longest stretch of wall measures 20m and remains to a height of only 0.45m. There is a probable enclosure (KE028-116----) on the north-east end of the highest point on the reef it is composed of a ring of limestone boulders and bedrock outcrop with some limestone rubble remaining around some of the stones. The enclosure is sub-circular with internal dimensions of 14.5m N-S and 16m E-W.'
Description from ‘The Prehistoric Settlement of the Lee Valley, Tralee, Co. Kerry; A Landscape Perspective’ by Michael Connolly. PhD Thesis UCC 2008
Date of upload: 05 July 2012
Nearby in the register
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.