Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Megalithic structure
Derryreag, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Derryreag
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.96232, -9.27282
- SMR number
- KE086-007----
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
In a coniferous wood, on the NE-facing slopes of Inchimore Mountain. An irregular-shaped structure (1.75m NE-SW; 1.4m NW-SE) of boulder-type stones, roofed with stone lintels, on top of which is a mound of smaller stones. There is a small, partially collapsed chamber (H 1m) within this structure with an entrance on the E side. Another similar structure (2m N-S; 1.3m E-W) lies c. 2m to the S.
Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork.
Date of upload: 31 January 2011
Nearby in the register
- Road - road/trackwayunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.