Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cairn - unclassified
Shronaboy, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Shronaboy
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.00696, -9.39578
- SMR number
- KE075-047----
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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
In rough hill pasture, on a SW-facing slope containing occasional boulders and loose stones, overlooking Lake Guitane to the W. A roughly oval cairn (6m E-W; 4m N-S; H 0.2m) consisting mainly of small stones, some of which extend below the present ground level. An anomalous stone group (KE075-046----) is c. 6m to the E. Traces of cultivation ridges are visible nearby.
Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork.
Date of upload: 31 January 2011
Nearby in the register
- Anomalous stone groupunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.