Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
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Coomdeeween, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coomdeeween
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.93682, -10.12275
- SMR number
- KE080-039001-
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
In rough grazing, on a W-facing hillslope overlooking the valley of the Carhan River. A horseshoe-shaped mound (14.7m E-W, 7.9m N-S; H 1.6m) of burnt material whose opening (2.5m E-W; 2.4m N-S) faces a stream to the N. Clumps of gorse cover the mound and the stream is eroding the W end of its N side, exposing heat-shattered stones and charcoal-enriched soil. An enclosure (KE080-039002-) lies c. 20m to the S and an unclassified megalithic tomb (KE080-039----) is c. 70m to the SE.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 30 May 2011
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Megalithic structureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.