Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - unclassified
Flemby, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Flemby
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.23208, -9.59604
- SMR number
- KE039-202002-
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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
'The possible barrow (KE039-202002-) abuts the enclosure [KE039-202001-] to the west – north-west and while it is built back against the natural slope of the land, there are clear traces of a low mound 17m in diameter. Due to the slope of the ground the mound is 1.25m high to the east but, on average, 0.48m high elsewhere. The probable ditch is only clearly visible on the eastern side of the mound, however, it does appear to run out under the field boundary and the existing N22. The ditch is on average 1.45m wide at base and 0.22m below level of the existing ground surface. Interestingly the ditch would also appear to be impinged on by the embanked enclosure.'
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 - pond barrowunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.