Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Field boundary
Graignagreana, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Graignagreana
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.94898, -9.71460
- SMR number
- KE083-065001-
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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 peat-covered platform, on the S side of Knocknabreeda, contains a number of pre-bog walls and two enclosures. Up to ten stretches of walls run in a N-S or E-W direction, and they vary from 10m to 40m long. The peat varies in depth, and the walls are exposed to a maximum height of .5m above its surface.
The subcircular enclosure (KE083-009----) at N is roughly built and its wall survives to an average height of .4m. Its internal diameter is 6m, and a gap in the wall at E, .6m wide, may represent an entrance. To S is a D-shaped enclosure (KE083-066----), delineated by a low, turf-covered earth and stone bank, .9m wide and up to .5m high. Internally the structure measures 4.7m x 4.5m.
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. 52. 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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.