Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Gearha North, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gearha North
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.90581, -9.77238
- SMR number
- KE091-018001-
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
The subcircular enclosure, marked on the second edition of the OS map, and a number of associated walls are located in boggy pasture on the lower SW slopes of Knocklomena mountain. The enclosing element is a wall of rough construction which survives one to two courses in height. The enclosed area measures 10.5m internally, and is occupied by a small plantation of pine trees. The apparently associated field system (KE091-018----) extends S and W of the enclosure.
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. 750. 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
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.