Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Leacht
Beginish (iveragh By.), County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Beginish (iveragh By.)
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.93415, -10.30236
- SMR number
- KE079-056004-
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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
Leacht (KE079-056004-): A low mound of subrectangular plan is located within the rectangular enclosure and measures 5.4m N-S 3.9m E-W. It averages .4m high and traces of rough drystone facing are visible at intervals along its base. It is constructed of earth and stone and includes a number of quartz blocks and pebbles.
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. 932. 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
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.