Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Cloghermore, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cloghermore
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.25573, -9.60374
- SMR number
- KE030-069----
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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 Cave at Cloghermore was excavated over two seasons between 1999-2000 under license number 99E0431. The site produced large quantities of disarticulated human and animal bone, as well as cremated animal bone, over 300 artefacts and a single articulated burial. The site is interpreted as being a two phase burial site, the first phase of use representing a small local non-Christian population in the 8th century, while the second phase involved the insertion of 6 burials (KE030-089----) of Scandinavian character in the late 9th century. A total of 19 radiocarbon dates were taken from the site.' (Connolly et al. 2005)
Description from ‘The Prehistoric Settlement of the Lee Valley, Tralee, Co. Kerry; A Landscape Perspective’ by Michael Connolly. PhD Thesis UCC 2008
References
Connolly, M., Coyne, F. and Lynch, L.G. 2005 Underworld: death and burial in Cloghermore Cave, Co. Kerry. Wordwell Ltd. Bray.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.