Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt spread
Ballymanagh, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballymanagh
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.90562, -10.31050
- SMR number
- KE088-048----
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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
This site is exposed in section on the S shoreline of Valencia Island, c. 500m W of Reenaloughan Point. It survives as a thin lens of burnt stones and charcoal, and has been interpreted as the remains of fulacht fiadh by Mitchell (1989, 87). A charcoal sample from the feature yielded a radicarbon determination of 2970±90 BP.
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. 400. 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
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.