Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
An Luachair , County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- An Luachair
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.17988, -9.98069
- SMR number
- KE045-038----
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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
This site was located in rough boggy pastureland on the S slopes of the central mountain ridge overlooking the valley of the Emlagh river. On the 1st edition of the OS map it is shown as an irregularly-shaped field. On the 2nd edition it appears as a semi-circular univallate enclosure, open to SE. A fosse was shown around the E half of the site. The field was recently ploughed and the outline of the bank appears to be indicated by a band of soil with a significantly higher stone content than in the interior or in the surrounding field.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 720. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 7 August 2013
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.