Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Lettercannon, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lettercannon
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.92888, -9.36592
- SMR number
- KE085-023001-
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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)
- 1865 · Ireland, (South) Sheet. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Ireland 3. (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 pasture, on the terrace of a W-facing slope. An oval area (7.1m N-S; 4m E-W) defined by a collapsed drystone wall (T 0.6m; H 0.5m), the base stones of which protrude above the bog. There is an entrance (Wth 0.6m) at NE which is defined by a boulder at the N side. Another boulder is incorporated into the wall at NW. There is a scatter of loose stones in the interior, which slopes down to the 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
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.