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Enclosure

Drom West (Iveragh By.), County Kerry, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Drom West, County Kerry, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Drom West (Iveragh By.)
County
Kerry
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Indicated
Coordinates
52.03459, -9.98581
SMR number
KE063-015----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1790 · Composite: 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

This enclosure, marked as a subcircular field on the second edition of the OS map, is located on the S side of a low hill in land devoted to pasture. Extensive overgrowth of trees and thicket prevented detailed inspection. Recent field boundaries overlie the original circular outline of the site. A section of battered walling at NE, carefully constructed of uniform coursed slabs, may be original. The interior of the site is raised at S to compensate for the slope of the land.

The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 741. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

Date of upload: 29 July 2013

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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