Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Megalithic structure
Keel (trughanacmy By.), County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Keel (trughanacmy By.)
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- KE046-029----
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The National Monuments Service's description
The precise location of a possible megalithic structure described as a 'cist dolmen' in the townland of Keel has not been identified. Possible megalithic structure described as follows; 'Up to circa 1844 there existed a cist dolmen about 10 ft. [3m] long between head and foot stones, each about 1½ ft. [0.45m] high. It was called Clydome-an-Peyragh. it is now enclosed and part of a small garden attached to a mill' (Kerry Archaeology Magazine pt. XIX, 219).
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 22 June 2022
Sites and Monuments Record data: National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Record text is reproduced unchanged. National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland · CC BY 4.0
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