Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Lounaghan, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lounaghan
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Sheepfold
- Coordinates
- 51.87959, -9.46290
- SMR number
- KE094-019----
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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 mountain pasture, at the foot of a terrace, on the NE slope of Knockbrack Mountain. A circular area (15.85m E-W; 14.7m N-S) defined by a drystone wall (T c. 0.8m; H 1.1m at S). The wall has partly collapsed in places; much of the external lower course comprises large stone slabs placed longitudinally and end-on. The interior is level. Indicated on the 1846 OS 6-inch map as a square enclosure (dims. c. 8m) and on the 1895 OS 6-inch map as a roughly circular enclosure (diam. c. 16m). There is a relict field system (KE094-019001-) in the area surrounding the enclosure.
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
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.