Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Knockreer, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockreer
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.06162, -9.52869
- SMR number
- KE066-213----
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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 gentle S-facing slope, within Killarney National Park. A small circular enclosure (diam. c. 15m) is visible as a shadow site in an aerial photograph (ACAP, V 245) taken in 1956. It is not visible at ground level. A rectangular enclosure (KE066-108----) lies c. 10m to the S.
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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.