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Lackaroe, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lackaroe
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.86240, -9.50541
- SMR number
- KE093-052001-
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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
In rough pasture, on the W bank of a stream overlooking the valley of the Sheen River to the S. A grass-covered horseshoe-shaped mound (9m N-S; 5.7m E-W; H 0.8m) of burnt material with an opening (2.7m E-W) facing E. Some shattered stone is evident on the E bank of the stream. Traces of a damaged field boundary along the W bank of the stream abut the mound at N and S. A hut site (KE093-052002-) and a relict field system (KE093-052003-) are in the immediate vicinity.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 30 May 2011
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.