Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Redtrench North, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Redtrench North
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Sheepfold
- Coordinates
- 51.93662, -9.38899
- SMR number
- KE085-021----
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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 pasture, on the NE-facing slope of Esknabrock Hill. A rectangular area (4.6m E-W; 3.3m N-S) with slightly rounded corners, defined by a roughly built drystone wall (T 0.8m; H 0.8m) on the N, E and S sides. The enclosure abuts the vertical face of outcropping rock along the S side which is topped with a short section of drystone walling. There is an entrance (Wth 0.4m) in the NW corner. The interior and exterior are obscured by ferns and a scatter of loose stones. The enclosure appears to have been used recently as an animal shelter.
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
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.