Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt spread
Bray, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Bray
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.89721, -10.41585
- SMR number
- KE087-001----
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 2 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In 1984 the remains of three burnt features - possibly hearths or fulachta fiadh - were exposed during drainage operations at Bray, Valencia Island. They were located in peat on a gentle, N facing slope, between Bray Head and Coosagauna. They survived as lenses of stone and charcoal, measuring up to .5m thick and 3m long. Lying on .8m of peat, they occured .6m below the present bog surface. The largest example yielded a radiocarbon date of 3160±90 BP (Mitchell 1989, 79).
The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 403. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 28 July 2013
Nearby in the register
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Promontory fort - coastalunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- House - medievalunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.