Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Ballybrannagh, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballybrannagh
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.26775, -9.58758
- SMR number
- KE030-120001-
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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 complex is situated on top of a limestone reef which affords extensive views to the north, east, south and west, the Paps mountains being visible to the east. The field in which this site is located is slightly marshy, and is predominantly devoted to grazing and rough pasture. The large bi-vallate ringfort of Rathanny [KE030-032----] is located c.150m to the north, but is now almost completely levelled as a result of field clearance......... conjoining this [KE30-119001-] on its eastern and southern sides is a sub-circular enclosure. It utilises the above circular enclosure as its western extent. Total dimensions of this site are 48.0m E-W by 37.0m N-S. The bank is of similar construction to the above example, and again has an average width of 5.00m. The average external height is 0.30m, the average internal height is 0.40m.'
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: 30 April 2012
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.