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Enclosure

Kimego East, County Kerry, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Kimego East, 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
Kimego East
County
Kerry
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Indicated
Coordinates
51.98187, -10.23623
SMR number
KE069-002----

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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

This stone enclosure is located in marshy bogland on the lower SE slopes of Slievagh, overlooking Dingle Bay at N. The stone bank, marked as a small subcircular field on the second edition of the OS map, is somewhat angular in plan at NW. It encloses an area measuring 12m x 13m. A gap at NE, .85m wide, may represent an entrance. The wall is composed of large boulders which are occasionally arranged in a double line with an infill of small stones. It averages 1.3m in width and .75m in height. The overgrown interior of the site features a series of small amorphous earthen mounds.

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. 756. 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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