Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Bun An Doirín, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Bun An Doirín
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated (1846).
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.89768, -10.08605
- SMR number
- KE089-009----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
A circular enclosure is indicated at this location on the first edition of the OS map. It is located in level pasture on the W bank of the Inny, just N of where the Cummeranearla stream joins the river. A roughly oval area, 23m NW-SE, is defined from NW through to SE by a setting of upright slabs. The slabs average .5m high and 1.2m wide at base, and a low stony bank, .2m high, abuts them externally at NW. An upright slab at E is set at right angles to the line of the enclosure and may have formed part of an entrance feature; it measures .97m high, 1.04m wide at base and .15m thick. A slight linear depression may indicate the outline of the enclosure along its W side.
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. 709. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 29 July 2013
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Standing stone1 mi
- Standing stone1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.