Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Road - gravel/stone trackway - peatland
Cool West, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cool West
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.90683, -10.38061
- SMR number
- KE087-078----
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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
This trackway, located 3.5m SE of KE087-006----, was first exposed in section in 1984. Occurring .8m below the bog surface, it now survives as a single layer of cobble-sized stones lying on .7m of peat. It averages .8m wide and runs 7.4m E-W. A peat sample from its level has been radiocarbon dated to 3930±90 BP (Mitchell 1989,75).
Further peat-cutting in 1988 uncovered another feature, 6m to S. This consists of a number of stones, forming a basin-like arrangement, .7m in diameter, which contains a deposit of charcoal. It has been interpreted as a hearth by Mitchell (1989, 76).
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. 28. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 30 July 2013
Nearby in the register
- Hearthunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
- Pillar stone (present location)under 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.