Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Boolacullane, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Boolacullane
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.15507, -9.53161
- SMR number
- KE048-200----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1841 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Reported to the Archaeological Survey of Ireland as the low remains of a small enclosure. Levelled remains of a circular enclosure (dims. 15m NW-SE; 14m NE-SW) defined by low profile bank (int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.3m; Wth 4.9m) SE->W->NW and scarp (Wth 5.5m; H 1.4m) NW->N->SE. Interior is featureless and has a gentle tilt downslope to NE. Monument is incorporated into field as pasture. According to local information, this is referred to as the ‘fairy fort’.
Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly
Date of upload: 8 September 2014
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.