Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Mound
Blennerville, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Blennerville
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.25609, -9.73817
- SMR number
- KE029-314----
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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
'Archaeological monitoring of dredging operations at Blennerville Port, Tralee, Co. Kerry, was requested by Dúchas The Heritage Service because of its high archaeological potential, based primarily on the high number of shipwrecks recorded for the area.............Monitoring of topsoil-stripping was carried out on two areas that lie to the south of the boatyard. Monitoring of Area 2 revealed two partially uncovered possible mounds located beside each other. The first was visible as a black spread of charcoal-rich soil and red sandstone, c. 25m x 12m. Immediately to the north-east of and at right angles to the main site a possible second was uncovered, but as it was only partially exposed it is not certain if it belongs to the main mound. Both mounds were subject to small-scale testing and were sampled for dating. The mounds were not affected by further topsoil-stripping and dumping, and both were covered with geotextile matting and reinstated.'
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: 24 August 2012
Nearby in the register
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.