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Megalithic tomb - unclassified

Formaoil (TC Trian Iarthach), County Kerry, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Megalithic tomb - unclassified, Formaoil (TC Trian Iarthach), County Kerry, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Formaoil (TC Trian Iarthach)
County
Kerry
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
51.87512, -10.27975
SMR number
KE088-039----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1841 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Located on the S side of a ridge which runs E from Fermoyle mountain, this site commands an extensive outlook to S over Ballinskelligs Bay. The monument is poorly preserved and comprises a single large roof-stone, which overlies a number of collapsed side-stones. The longer axis of the roof-stone, which tilts downwards towards E, lies ENE-WSW. Irregular in plan, it measures 2.85m x 2.07m x .35m. A number of solution pits occur on its upper surface. Three partly visible slabs protrude from beneath this stone. The first, which may represent a collapsed N side-stone, is at least 1.2m long. The second, measuring 1.9m x 1.2m x .2m, may represent a collapsed S side-stone, while the third, a small block measuring .4m x .3m x .1m, located adjacent to the N side-stone, may have functioned as a pad-stone. A quantity of small stones, including some quartz, occurs beneath the roof-stone and may represent field clearance.

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. 87. 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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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