Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Field boundary
Mangerton, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mangerton
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.94821, -9.48222
- SMR number
- KE084-043004-
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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 hill pasture, on the N and S banks of the Owbaun River, on the SW-facing slope of Mangerton Mountain. A N-S section of wall (T 0.6m; H 0.4m) on the N bank of the river extends to the S for a distance of c. 25m, towards the river. Another wall is situated immediately opposite this on the S bank of the river. This wall extends to the SE and skirts to the W of conjoined hut sites (KE084-043001-, KE084-043005-). It then veers to the SE past a single hut site (KE084-043002-) that lies to the NE of the wall. The wall turns to the E, passing by another hut site (KE084-043003-) to the S. It then turns to the NE and continues in this direction for c. 200m until it meets the S bank of the river again, further upstream. The collapsed drystone walls are defined by intermittent upright stones.
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.