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Enclosure

Istalea Upper, County Kerry, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Istalea Upper, 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
Istalea Upper
County
Kerry
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
NULL
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
51.92689, -9.57085
SMR number
KE084-008001-

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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)
  • 1868 · 4. 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 boggy pasture, on the SW-facing slope of Knockanaguish Hill. A circular area (14.8m N-S; 14m E-W) defined by a collapsed, grass-covered, drystone wall (T 1m). The wall consists of an inner and outer row of contiguous upright slabs with a fill of smaller stones in between. The wall is best preserved NNW-NNE and is in a more collapsed state (int. H 0.3m) NNE-NNW. There is an entrance (Wth 1.5m), defined by an upright stone (H 0.95m; 1.15m x 0.5m), at E. The S portion of the interior is raised (H 0.6m) and the N portion is cut (D 0.5m) into the upslope to compensate for the hillslope. However, the interior retains a gentle slope down to the S. Relict field boundaries (KE084-008002-) radiate from the wall externally at S, at N and immediately SE of the entrance stone.

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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