Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - bowl-barrow
Ballincollig, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballincollig
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.29946, -9.61615
- SMR number
- KE030-080----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
'Located in the corner of a gently sloping field of the lower south – western slope of Ballincollig hill, the site affords expansive views to the southern half of the compass. The site is bounded on its southern and south-western sides by a small stream . The site is previously unrecorded and was brought to my attention by the landowner who described it as a small “Liss”. However, the extant remains seem to represent the large central platform of a ring-barrow, 20m in diameter and 0.5m higher than the surrounding land. An encircling ditch, on average 2m wide and 0.3m deep, can be traced around the northern and south-western sides of the site. Traces of a very denuded outer bank can also be seem to the south-west, where it remains to an internal height of 0.5m, external height of 0.3m and a width of 1.5m. The landowner also pointed out that the surviving ditch remained waterlogged throughout the year and stated that this was due to the presence of a spring, which was visible, in the south-western quadrant.The overall diameter of the site, where all elements are intact, is 26.5m.'
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: 20 June 2012
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 - ring-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.