Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
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Tylagh, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tylagh
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.28758, -9.59236
- SMR number
- KE030-012----
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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
'The site is situated in the upper part of a gently sloping, south facing field, approximately 30m south of KE030-086----......The field has been cleared to some extent and the mound has been partly damaged on its northern side, exposing charcoal blackened soil and fire shsttered stone. The site consists of a low grass covered mound 0.52m in maximum height and measuring 9.5m N-S by 8.2m E-W. There is no visible trough area.'
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: 12 July 2012
Nearby in the register
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.