Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt mound
Knockavinnane, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockavinnane
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.25741, -9.61194
- SMR number
- KE030-084----
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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
'A crescentic mound, measuring 22m E-W and 15m N-S. The mound is located adjacent to a stream that runs parallel to the site, 25m to the north. Burnt shattered stone and charcoal blackened soil is visible where animals have eroded the base of the mound. The mound remains to a height of 1.1m and the trough area, measuring 6.5m N-S and 5.9m E-W opens to the north, towards the stream.'
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: 09 July 2012
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.