Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cairn - unclassified
An Gabhlán Ard, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- An Gabhlán Ard
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.15899, -10.14896
- SMR number
- KE044-029003-
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
(c) Cairn: This low cairn of stones is roughly triangular in plan and measures 3.7m N-S x 4.3m E-W x .35m in height. It is partly revetted with drystone facing up to .35m high. At the E edge of the cairn, 2 parallel upright slabs, .58 and .55m high, stand .62m apart at right angles to the line of the cairn edge. About 2.4m SE of the cairn, another pair of slabs, .75m high, stand parallel to each other about 1.85m apart; their function is unknown. Two of the pre-bog field walls radiate out from the apexes of the cairn at S and E.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 29. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 3 August 2013
Nearby in the register
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.