TreeAlive
‹ Sites and Monuments Record, Ireland

Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland

Bullaun stone

Grousemount, County Kerry, Ireland

The record

Townland
Grousemount
County
Kerry
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
51.87162, -9.31646
SMR number
KE095-007----

Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Get directions ↗

This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗

The National Monuments Service's description

New site identified by John Cronin & Associates (JCA) under Licence No. 16E0127 prior to wind farm development in Grousemount, Kilgarvan, Co. Kerry by ESB Wind Development Ltd. Located on a moderate downward slope to the north a possible bedrock mortar or cup marked stone was observed on small rock measuring 0.83m east-west by 0.50m north-south at ITM grid co-ordinate 509348, 569645. The hollow is oval in shape measuring 0.20m east-west by 0.16m north-south and is c.60mm in depth. A survey of the immediate surrounding area revealed no further potential archaeological features or sites (Cronin et. al. 2018, 47, 50).

See attached photograph courtesy John Cronin.

Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by John Cronin

Date of upload: 7 April 2022

Cronin, J. et. al. 2018 Grousemount Wind Farm, Kilgarvan, County Kerry Preliminary Final Archaeological Report. Excavation Licence: 16E0127. Prepared by: David Murphy and Dr. Eugene Costello, John Cronin & Associates On behalf of ESB Wind Development Ltd. Unpublished report.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Sites and Monuments Record data: National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Record text is reproduced unchanged. National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland · CC BY 4.0
See your own family's places on a living map