Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Lounaghan, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lounaghan
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Sheep Fold
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.88298, -9.46166
- SMR number
- KE094-016----
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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 dense overgrowth of bushes and ferns, on the crest of a ridge between two tributaries of the Glashievhee stream, overlooking the valley of the Roughty River. A subrectangular overgrown area (29m E-W; 24.9m N-S) defined by a drystone wall (T c. 1.2m; H c. 0.6m) consisting of boulders at the base with smaller stones in the upper section. The SW corner and the S wall are slightly curved. Loose stones are scattered internally and externally along the base of the wall. The entrance is in the NW corner. The remains of N-S cultivation ridges are evident in the interior. This enclosure is named 'Sheep Fold' on the 1846 OS 6-inch map.
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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.