Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Mound
An Baile Loiscthe, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- An Baile Loiscthe
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.19408, -10.35999
- SMR number
- KE042-010----
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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 irregular mound situated on low-lying, level ground on the E side of Smerwick Harbour. It abuts the N side of an E-W field fence. The N portion of the mound is composed of stones which may simply be field clearance debris, but the S half consists of a low, earthen ridge running E-W and separated from the stony mound by a linear hollow, 4m long E-W x 1.5m wide. The feature measures 10.6m E-W x 9.1m N-S overall and varies from c. 1 to 1.8m in height. It may simply be an accumulation of field clearance debris, or the remains of a structure, perhaps a sheep-fold. There is a local tradition of a grave in the vicinity.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 1557. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 5 August 2013
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.