Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Long Island, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Long Island
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.88052, -10.40023
- SMR number
- KE087-033007-
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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
Internal Enclosure: SE of the huts (KE087-033003- and KE087-033006-) a D-shaped area, 8.1m long x 3.9m in maximum width, is enclosed by a low stony bank that features occasional uprights. The bank averages 1.5m wide and .3m high, and extends from the enclosing element at S to the E corner of the platform on which hut (KE087-033006-) is located.
The above description is derived from O'Sullivan, A. and Sheehan, J. (compilers) 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University press. (1996), no. 966. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 13 June 2013
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.