Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Boulerdah,reacaslagh (iveragh By.), County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Boulerdah,reacaslagh (iveragh By.)
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.00191, -10.10370
- SMR number
- KE070-002002-
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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
A large circular field or enclosure (KE070-002002-), measuring 21.6m in diameter, incorporates a hut and two adjoining structures in its E sector. Extending S, E and W from this field are a number of NE-SW linear walls, some of which intersect with shorter walls at right angles. A modern drain cuts through one of these, at which point the peat is .8m deep. The walls, composed of uprights and block-like boulders, average .75m wide and protrude up to .6m above the bog surface; some disappear at intervals beneath the peat.
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. 14. 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
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.