Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Baile An Lochaigh, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Baile An Lochaigh
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.20914, -10.27987
- SMR number
- KE034-122006-
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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
Enclosure described by Cuppage (1986, 387, no. 1033) as follows; 'Within an old field system [KE034-122----] on N slopes of Com an Lochaigh. A group of structures including a rock-shelter (1), rectangular house foundation (2), 2 circular drystone clochaun foundations (3 and 4), and an irregularly-shaped enclosure (5). Site 5 [KE034-122005-] lies W of (4) [KE034-122004-]. A smaller enclosure, 4 x 1.5m, abuts its N side'.
References
Cuppage, J. 1986 Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne.
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Clochanunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.