Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ring-ditch
Flemby, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Flemby
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.22962, -9.60245
- SMR number
- KE039-204----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
'Located in level but slightly marshy land at the base of the hills forming the eastern extent of the Slabh Mis, close to LVS039 007, above. The site again affords good views of the Stacks Mountains to the north. The site was noted on colour aerial photography and consists of three small circular crop marks (KE039-203----, KE039-204----, KE039-205----) showing up as dark lines on the photograph. The sites are arranged in a linear group approximately 25m apart and have diameters ranging from approximately 10-18m.'
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
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.