Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt spread
Tooreencahill, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tooreencahill
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.15468, -9.26616
- SMR number
- KE050-005----
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
In pasture, on a S-facing slope overlooking Sliabh Luachra. A spread of burnt material (c. 3m N-S; c. 3m E-W). According to local information, a mound of burnt material, situated at this location, was levelled and spread out on the immediate area during land reclamation.
Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork.
Date of upload: 31 January 2011
Nearby in the register
- Bridgeunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrow1 mi
- Burnt spread1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.