Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
An Choill Mhór (bar. Corca Dhuibhne), County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- An Choill Mhór (bar. Corca Dhuibhne)
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.20762, -10.16505
- SMR number
- KE035-073020-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
(t) Enclosure: An oval stone enclosure measuring 10.8m NE-SW x 12.6m NW-SE internally. The interior is filled by a .8m depth of peat and the wall is for the most part represented by a low peat-covered bank with a few stones protruding here and there along the top and sides. However, both the drystone-built outer face and rubble core of the wall have been revealed at 2 or 3 points where the turf has been cut away right up to the enclosure, leaving only a .15m depth of peat covering the old ground surface. The wall survives to a maximum height of .95m and probing indicates a wall thickness of c. 2.75m. The 1.8m wide entrance gap at ESE appears to be slightly out-turned but this impression may be due to collapse or irregular peat cutting.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 25. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 3 August 2013
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