Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cairn - unclassified
Kimego West, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kimego West
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.98846, -10.25682
- SMR number
- KE069-001----
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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
Located in blanket peat between the lower NW slopes of Slievagh and the cliffs at Canglass Point, this cairn is of subcircular plan. Measuring 15.3m N-S x 13.5m E-W, it rises to a maximum height of .9m at N. Largely composed of medium sized stones, it is retained at N and NW by a series of four large slabs set on end, with average dimensions of 1.35m x .5m x .25m. Some 25m to S is a stretch of pre-bog walling, c. 7m long, while a short distance to W is Poulagellane blow-hole.
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. 394. 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
- Promontory fort - coastalunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.