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Enclosure

Cappagh (Glanarought By.), County Kerry, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Cappagh, County Kerry, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Cappagh (Glanarought By.)
County
Kerry
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
51.85633, -9.49775
SMR number
KE093-054----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1865 · Ireland, (South) Sheet. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In rough pasture, on a hillside overlooking the valley of the Sheen River to the SW. A roughly circular area (14m E-W; 12m N-S) defined by the remains of a drystone wall (Wth c. 1m; H 0.8m) constructed of large stones. The NE arc is cut into the upslope and the wall here consists of a number of contiguous upright stone slabs. Many wall stones are embedded in shallow peat and partially grassed over. There is a possible entrance at W. The SW portion of the interior is raised to compensate for the hillslope. Loose stones, partially overgrown with ferns, were noted in the S sector. The enclosure is clearly visible on an aerial photograph (GSIAP, V 99-100) taken in 1973. Relict field boundaries (KE093-054003-) abut the enclosure at N and SSW and radiate from it. Two hut sites (KE093-054001-, KE09-054002-) abut the enclosure wall at E, another hut site (KE093-054004-) is 25m to the NNW. There is a fulacht fia (KE093-054006-) in the immediate area.

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.

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