Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Caherpierce, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Caherpierce
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.15610, -9.92170
- SMR number
- KE045-070----
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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
Situated in rough pastureland about 200m N of KE045-076----, this is a small sub-circular enclosure measuring 8.7m N-S x 9.4m E-W internally. The enclosing wall averages c. 0.5m high and c. 2m wide, but only a few short sections of the wall faces are visible, the remainder being either collapsed or concealed by vegetation and peat. There is a c. 1m wide entrance gap at SE.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 1534. 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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.