Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Ceann Eich, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ceann Eich
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.86267, -10.18271
- SMR number
- KE089-081----
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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
This circular enclosure, not marked on the OS maps, is located in rough pasture and overlooks the estuary of the Inny river to S. It measures 15.6m N-S x 15m E-W in internal diameter, and is defined by a low flat-topped bank of earth and gravel construction. The bank measures .6m high and averages 1.1m wide. The original entrance to the site cannot be identified but wide gaps occur in the bank at E, S and SW. Faint traces of two fosses, averaging .9m wide, are evident on both sides of the bank, but these may be the result of trampling by cattle. The interior of the site is level and apparently featureless.
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. 758. 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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.