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Cairn - unclassified

Kill (Dunkerron North By.), County Kerry, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Cairn - unclassified, Kill, 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
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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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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

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

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

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