Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Field boundary
Tuar An Chladáin, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tuar An Chladáin
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.96078, -10.01390
- SMR number
- KE081-033001-
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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
The lower S slopes of Coomacarrea are drained by tributaries of the Owroe river, on the SE side of which a number of field walls are enveloped in peat in an area measuring approximately 540m x 370m. Short stretches of walling, averaging 20m long, traverse the bog and generally maintain a N-S or E-W orientation. The walls, chiefly composed of block-like uprights and boulders set on edge, average .6m wide and stand between 1m and 2m above the bog surface. Towards the N end of the complex is a small, circular hut (KE081-033002-) with a maximum internal diameter of 2.2m.
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. 66. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 28 July 2013
Nearby in the register
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.