Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt mound
Martara (Trughanacmy By.), County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Martara (Trughanacmy By.)
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.23763, -9.58614
- SMR number
- KE039-187----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1841 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
'Located in marshy land 30m to the west of a small stream the site consists of a low crescentic mound measuring 12m by 10m and remaining to a height of 1.2m. The sub-rectangular trough area opens to the north-east and measures 3.3m by 3m. Probing revealed the mound to be composed of fire shattered red sandstone and blackened soil. The site also shows up clearly on aerial photography.'
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: 10 July 2012
Nearby in the register
- Burnt spreadunder 1 mi
- Burnt spreadunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.