Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial
Gortatlea (trughanacmy By.), County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gortatlea (trughanacmy By.)
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.23205, -9.59223
- SMR number
- KE039-180----
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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
'No surface indication of the ring-barrow [KE039-164----] was noted before topsoil-stripping [Excavation No: OOE0769]. The southern half of this site extends under the existing Tralee-Farranfore road. The exposed portion of the site measures 25m east-west, consisting of a circular ditch 1m wide and 0.35m deep. A small quantity of cremated bone was recovered from a shallow depression in the centre of the barrow, but no other artefact was present.'
Description from ‘The Prehistoric Settlement of the Lee Valley, Tralee, Co. Kerry; A Landscape Perspective’ by Michael Connolly. PhD Thesis UCC 2008
Date of upload: 25 June 2012
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.