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Field boundary

Toon, County Kerry, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Field boundary, Toon, 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
Toon
County
Kerry
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
51.97306, -10.09440
SMR number
KE070-066001-

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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

Located in low-lying land on the S bank of the Ferta river, this series of pre-bog walls covers an area which is bisected by the Deelis-Teeromoyle road and measures c. 350m N-S x c. 200m E-W. A 260m long wall, which disappears beneath the peat intermittently, forms the NW side of the complex. To its E and N are further stretches of both curvilinear and angular walls. Most are quite low and collapsed, while others survive as a series of upright slabs. Excavations of drains and trackways through the bog indicate that several of the walls are built on the pre-peat mineral soil, which occurs at an average depth of 1.3m below the bog surface.
A possible standing stone (KE070-066002-) occurs 45m W of the complex. Rectangular in elevation, it stands to a maximum height of 1.25m and measures .85m x .1m at base; NE-SW.

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. 65. 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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