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Enclosure

Lounaghan, County Kerry, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Lounaghan, 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
Lounaghan
County
Kerry
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
NULL
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
51.88435, -9.46652
SMR number
KE094-015001-

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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 upland pasture, on top of a heather- and gorse-covered rise on the lower NE-facing slopes of Knockbrack Mountain. A circular area (20m E-W; 19.5m N-S), covered with overgrowth, defined by a stone and earth wall (T 1.1-2m; H 0.35-0.75m) which survives best SE-W. The entrance (Wth 1.45m) at SE is defined by two upright adjacent slabs (H 0.8m; Wth 0.55m) on the E side and by a single upright slab (H 0.9m; Wth 0.38m) on the W side. An oval stone-walled hut site (KE094-015002-) abuts the enclosure internally at SE. The entrance leads into the enclosure and the hut site. Relict field boundaries (KE094-015003-) were noted in the surrounding area; two relict field walls abut the enclosure at N and S. The enclosure is indicated as an oval area (diam. c. 20m) on the 1895 OS 6-inch map with a roughly square 'sheepfold' abutting the SE arc, internally.

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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