Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Curracullenagh, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Curracullenagh
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.21076, -9.89844
- SMR number
- KE037-040----
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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
An Seana-theampall: This is locally reputed to be the site of a church and it is so named on the OS maps. However, An Seabhac referred to it as a ceallúnach burial ground. Neither of these classifications is supported by the present form of the site which appears to be simply a natural, wooded hollow, a maximum of 3m deep. It does not appear to have changed much since the early 19th century when it was described as 'a hole about 6 feet (1.8m) deep and 12 (3.65m) in diameter'. A fragment of a building was previously noted at the inner end of the hollow and it was suggested that the site may have been a destroyed ringfort and souterrain (Browne, Armstrong and Macalister 1911, 50). Such conflicting evidence makes it impossible to classify the site with certainty.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 971. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 7 August 2013
Nearby in the register
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.