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Enclosure

Ceannúigh (TC Baile an Sceilg), County Kerry, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Ceannúigh (TC Baile an Sceilg), 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
Ceannúigh (TC Baile an Sceilg)
County
Kerry
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
51.81001, -10.30430
SMR number
KE097-031----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1841 · Ireland. (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

Not marked on the OS maps, this ruinous oval-shaped enclosure is located in rough grazing land on the E slopes of canuig, overlooking Ballinskelligs Bay to E. A low grass-grown bank of earth and stone, .3m high and .6m wide encloses an area 10m NE-SW x 9.7 NW-SE. An irregular upright, .8m x .5m x .15m thick, is set at right angles to the line of the enclosing element at S, A break in the bank at NE is marked by four conspicuous uprights; a parallel pair orientated NE-SW and, 1.4m beyond the bank to N, a second parallel pair, orientated E-W. They may have formed part of an elaborate entrance feature. The inner pair, set .5m apart, measure 1.65m x .65m x .2m and 1.05m x .5m x .27m and are of regular elevation. The outer pair .25m apart, measure 1m x .32m x .3m and .45m x .35m x .15m. The upright on the S side inclines to S. No clearly defined features are visible in the interior of the site, though a number of low irregular stony mounds (KE097-031001-) are present.

The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 717. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

Date of upload: 29 July 2013

Nearby in the register

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

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