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Enclosure

Com Úra, County Kerry, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Com Úra, County Kerry, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

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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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1841 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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