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Enclosure

Ballygriffin, County Kerry, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Ballygriffin, 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
Ballygriffin
County
Kerry
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
NULL
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
51.85782, -9.56559
SMR number
KE093-086002-

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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 reclaimed pasture, on a level break on an E-facing slope overlooking the valley of the Sheen River. Recorded in 1999 as a roughly D-shaped area (12.6m N-S) with the straight side at S (L c. 18m) defined by a low, partly grass-covered, drystone wall (T c. 0.6m; H 1m). Some upright stones were set at right angles to the line of the wall and the S wall contained crude boulders. The entrance (Wth 1m) was at the W end of the S side. The S portion of the interior had been cut into a gentle upslope and the N portion had been raised slightly to give a level interior. A small rectangular setting of stones near the centre of the enclosure appeared to be of relatively recent date. On a subsequent inspection in 2007 there were no visible remains of this enclosure, the land having been reclaimed and reseeded. There is a relict field boundary (KE093-086001-) is c. 60m to the W and a wedge tomb (KE093-086003-) c. 60m to the SSW.

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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