Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt mound
Ballybrannagh, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballybrannagh
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.26636, -9.58259
- SMR number
- KE030-074----
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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
'On top of a small dry rise in an otherwise very wet and marshy field, which affords spectacular views in all directions is a circular mound. This is located c.100m to the east of a stream which is a tributary of the River Lee. total dimensions of the site are 13.5m N-S by 13.5m E-W, the mound having a maximum height of 0.75m at south. This stone filled mound also contains burnt and blackened soil, and is now grass-covered. No trough area was apparent.'
Compiled by Michael Connolly for the Archaeological Survey of Ireland as part of a survey of the Lee Valley area in 1996-97.
Date of upload: 30 April 2012
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.