Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt spread
Cummeenduvasig, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cummeenduvasig
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.94011, -9.49863
- SMR number
- KE084-005003-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 peaty pasture, on a SE-facing slope, on the W side of the valley of the Owbaun River. An area of burnt material (8m N-S; 3m E-W) is visible on the NE bank of a stream. A layer of burnt material (L 6m; H 0.3m) was also noted in the base of the NE face of a field fence on the opposite side of the stream.There is a standing stone (KE084-005002-) c. 24m to the NNW and an enclosure (KE084-005----) c. 30m to the SW.
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
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
- Burnt spreadunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.