Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt mound
Lissooleen, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lissooleen
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.26957, -9.61652
- SMR number
- KE030-110----
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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 kidney-shaped mound, 12.50m N-S by 8.00m E-W and is 0.60m in height. Again it appears to be stone filled. The trough area opens to the east and is 3.00m N-S by 3.50m E-W.'
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
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