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
- 52.25554, -9.60296
- SMR number
- KE030-100----
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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 sites comprising this monument group are located on and under a large limestone reef from which the townland takes its name. The sites include a cave (KE030-068----), two enclosures (KE030-101----) and a cairn (KE030-102----). The Cave at Cloghermore was excavated over two seasons between 1999-2000 under license number 99E0431. A number of curving banks (LVS030 1903), on average 0.55m high are visible on the southern side of the reef, to the north-west of the enclosure (KE030-069-----) containing the cave entrance. The banks are associated with a shallow depression and may indicate the presence of another archaeological feature.
Above description is from 'Tralee Area Monument Catalogue' part of a PhD thesis submitted by Michael Connolly to UCC.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.