Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Com úra, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Com úra
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.91366, -9.93148
- SMR number
- KE081-043002-
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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 stony pasture, on the floor of a sheltered corrie at the NE side of Knockmoyle Mountain. A D-shaped area (6.4m E-W), with a straight W side (L 5m), defined by the remains of a roughly constructed drystone wall (T 0.7m; H 0.8m). Boulders are incorporated into the wall at S. There is an entrance (Wth 0.55m) at NE. A hut site (KE081-043001-) is c. 50m to the N.
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
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Sweathouseunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.