Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Field boundary
Letter West, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Letter West
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.01459, -10.01310
- SMR number
- KE071-003----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
This site is located on the S side of the tributary that joins Coomnacronia Lake with the Behy river. Much outcropping and scree dominate the immediate landscape, though a cover of blanket peat extends over most of the gentle mountain slope. Turf-cutting has revealed a system of walls in an area measuring approximately 340m x 230m. These generally occur .7m to 1m below the level of the bog, and nowhere has the peat been cut to the base of the walls. The walls average 30m long and are generally curvilinear. They average .6m wide and are composed mostly of upright boulders.
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. 58. 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.