Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Crossderry, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Crossderry
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.96132, -9.68670
- SMR number
- KE083-056----
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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 enclosure, not marked on the OS maps, is located on the top of a high ridge E of Knocknabreeda mountain. The circular wall, partially overgrown by peat, averages .25m high and .85m wide and encloses an area 8m x 7.7m. The entrance faces N and is .8m wide. A short stretch of wall extends from the enclosure at S.
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. 728. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 29 July 2013
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.