Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
House - indeterminate date
Killoluaig, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killoluaig
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.88729, -10.27445
- SMR number
- KE088-010007-
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Shown on 4 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
Situated in level pasture, KE088-010002- occupies a roughly rectangular area which is delimited by modern field boundaries. Within this is an oval-shaped enclosure, an earthwork complex and a number of house sites. The enclosure contains a leacht and a gable-shrine, a holed stone, and numerous uninscribed grave-markers which relate to the use of the site as a ceallúnach (OSNB Killemlagh, 20). A pillar stone is incorporated into the external face of the enclosing element at S. A second ceallúnach (KE088-011001-) is located a short distance to E.
Angular and curvilinear stretches of earthen and stone banks occur NW and N of the enclosure Ke088-010012-. A large rectangular enclosure at NW contains a pair of rectangular house sites, each of which measures 5m x 4m internally. Some of the curvilinear stretches of the bank to E may represent the foundations of additional structures.
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. 960. 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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Leachtunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.