Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
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Mangerton, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mangerton
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.94997, -9.45486
- SMR number
- KE085-027006-
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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 W bank of a stream, on the SE-facing slope of Mangerton Mountain and within a network of field boundaries (KE085-027002-). A pear-shaped mound (8m N-S; 4.2m E-W) of burnt material which is highest (H 1.2m) at N. The mound is eroded by a stream on the E side. There is a hut site (KE085-027005-) 150m to the ENE.
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
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.