Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Boulder-burial
Tullakeel, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tullakeel
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.87545, -9.88593
- SMR number
- KE091-046001-
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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
Not marked on the OS maps, this site is located in marshy land on the W side of the Ardsheelhane river valley, on the lower SE slopes of River Hill. Two examples of rock art (KE091-048---- & KE091-049----) occur in the adjacent field at S. The boulder-burial is centrally positioned within a subcircular area, c. 9m in diameter, which is defined by a setting of upright stones and stones set on edge. The stones are generally .5m apart and on average stand .5m high. The largest stone occurs at NE and is .6m high, .6m wide and .35m thick; the remainder are more blocklike in appearance and a number of them have fallen. A field wall truncates the enclosure's S side, while an intersecting field boundary abuts it at E.
The boulder-burial consists of a block-like cover-stone supported on three stones that have been partly obscured by overgrowth. The cover-stone is aligned N-S on its longer axis and tilts upwards towards S. It has maximum dimensions of 1.63m x 1m and averages .66m thick. The two support stones at S have average dimensions of .65m x .42m x .1m. The stone at N is barely visible.
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. 380. 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
- Kerb circleunder 1 mi
- Rock artunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Rock artunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.