Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cistern
Church Island (iveragh By., Castlequin Ed), County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Church Island (iveragh By., Castlequin Ed)
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.93759, -10.28328
- SMR number
- KE079-032008-
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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
National Monument No. 59. Water Cistern (KE079-032008-):'This cistern, 1m deep and 1m square at the top, was rock-cut on the S side of the round house prior to the building of the annulus. Over one hundred quartz pebbles and some hide fragments were recovered from its fill.
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. 927. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 29 July 2013
Nearby in the register
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ogham stoneunder 1 mi
- House - early medievalunder 1 mi
- Metalworking siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.