Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ring-ditch
Knockavinnane, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockavinnane
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.26166, -9.61915
- SMR number
- KE030-104----
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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 two cropmarks [KE030-104----, KE030-105----] were noted on two separate aerial photographs, one black and white, the other colour. The black and white was taken from 5200 feet, the colour was slightly lower at 5000 feet. On visiting the site it was discovered that the field had undergone intensive reclaimation and cultivation. Deep ploughing had taken place for the purpose of growing barley. No trace of either of these sites could be seen on the ground. The aerial photographic evidence would suggest that the sites were circular with a diameter of approximately 20m. The sites have been interpreted as ploughed out barrows (Connolly 1996, 51).'
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: 27 April 2012
Nearby in the register
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.