Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb
Cill Mhic Iarainn Thiar, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cill Mhic Iarainn Thiar
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.88954, -10.14768
- SMR number
- KE089-083----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
Wedge-tomb identified by local man Paddy Bushe and described by John Sheehan (UCC) as, 'a very well preserved example, with capstone, side stones, end-stone and front slab still in position. The side stones are slightly displaced, and there is very clear evidence of fairly high cairn material around it. It is located on a ridge orientated NNE-SSW, overlooking Ballinskelligs Bay'.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by John Sheehan
Date of upload: 27 September 2022
Nearby in the register
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.