Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Mound
Baile An Teampaill, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Baile An Teampaill
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.13830, -10.43860
- SMR number
- KE042-148----
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 2 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
A grass-grown earthen mound situated in rough, fairly marshy land on the S side of Gleann Mór. A wedge tomb, standing stone, possible early field system and other unclassified sites occur in the same valley (KE042-132----). The mound measures 9.2m E-W and 8m N-S at base and is a maximum of c. 1.5m high.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 215. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 4 August 2013
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - wedge tombunder 1 mi
- Megalithic structureunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.