Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cairn - radial-stone cairn
Bausheen,knockeens, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Bausheen,knockeens
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.92689, -9.50152
- SMR number
- KE084-056----
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
On the summit of Mangertonbeg, with extensive views in all directions. A cairn (diam. 7.5m) with ten evenly spaced radially set stones (H 0.2-0.9m) around its perimeter. The two tallest stones, 1.2m apart, are at N and form an entrance-like feature. A depression in the W quadrant contains fragments of broken stone. There is a recently built cairn within the perimeter at S.
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
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.