Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cairn - unclassified
Derrynablaha, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Derrynablaha
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.94203, -9.81280
- SMR number
- KE082-019----
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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
This small cairn occurs on the N side of Ballaghbeama Gap, just above the level of the roadway. Of subcircular plan, it is mainly composed of small stones and pebbles. Its overall dimensions are 3.8m N-S x 4.05m E-W, and it stands to a maximum height of .9m at E. The form and location of this monument indicate that it may not be an antiquity, and local information suggests that it is a leacht cuimhne (Ó Cíobháin 1985, 27).
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. 398. 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
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.