Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cairn - unclassified
Kill (dunkerron North By.), County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kill (dunkerron North By.)
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Cloughfaunaglibbaun
- Coordinates
- 52.03831, -9.72847
- SMR number
- KE065-115----
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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
On the summit of Cloghfaunaglibbaun, the NE ridge of Knockbrack mountain, is a subcircular cairn of stones which measures 16.5m N-S x 16.8m E-W and 1.8m high. This location commands extensive views of the plain of the River Laune to N. The cairn is largely composed of medium sized blocks, and includes some quartz. A sheepfold occurs on the N edge of the monument and incorporates a large slab, 1.95m x .8m x .35m, in its S end. Adjacent to this slab, in the surface of the cairn, is a large, shallow, circular depression. A 30m long stretch of a pre-bog wall (KE065-115001-) abuts the E side of the cairn.
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. 392. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 28 July 2013
Nearby in the register
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.