Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - ring-barrow
Ballincollig, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballincollig
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.30119, -9.61112
- SMR number
- KE030-002----
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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
Ring-barrow described by Connolly (2000, 46) as follows; 'This site is marked as an enclosure on the Sites & Monuments Record for County Kerry (KE030-002----) but is in fact a ring-barrow. It consists of a circular central platform 12m in diameter and rising to a height of 2m above the base of the encircling ditch. The ditch is on average 3m in width and the remains of the enclosing bank can be seen to north and south where they remain to an average height of 1m and a maximum width of 4m'. Outline of ring-barrow visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 23 June 2022
References
Connolly, M. 2000 The Earthen Barrows of the Lee Valley, Tralee, Co. Kerry. Journal of the Kerry Archaeological & Historical Society No. 29, 40-54.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Barrow - bowl-barrowunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.