Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
House - indeterminate date
Acres (corkaguiny By.), County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Acres (corkaguiny By.)
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.12719, -10.10694
- SMR number
- KE054-064001-
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
Cahernanackree/Cathair na nAcraí: Situated close to the cliff-edge on the E side of Minard beach, directly opposite Minard Castle (KE054-063----), the very ruined remains of circular bivallate cashel KE054-064---- contain the foundation of a rectangular house (KE054-064001-) and a souterrain (KE054-064002-), but the various other structures previously noted are no longer discernible.
The centre of the enclosure is occupied by a rectangular foundation measuring 9.8m NE-SW x 4.5m NW-SE; the drystone-built walls stand c. 0.75m high.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 535. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 7 August 2013
This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 4/1991).
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Structureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.