Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Capparoe (dunkerron North By.), County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Capparoe (dunkerron North By.)
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.98222, -9.71976
- SMR number
- KE073-022----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 short distance uphill from KE073-012----, a small oval enclosure is situated on a natural ledge and is built into the gradient of the mountain. Not marked on the OS maps, its enclosing drystone wall is .7m high and 1.2m wide. The enclosed area measures 6.8m N-S x 9.1m E-W.
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. 719. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 30 July 2013
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.