Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt mound
Tylagh, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tylagh
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.28814, -9.58653
- SMR number
- KE030-087----
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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
'This site is situated 40m to the north of RMP KE030-013----, recorded as a fulacht fiadh. This mound is very similar to KE030-013----. It measures10m N-S, 12m E-W and remains to a maximum height of 0.45m. Again no distinct trough area was visible.'
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
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.