Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ecclesiastical enclosure
An Bhinn Bhán (uíbh Ráthach), County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- An Bhinn Bhán (uíbh Ráthach)
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.83190, -10.15692
- SMR number
- KE098-029006-
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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
National Monument No. 380. Enclosure: The uneven interior of the enclosure, measuring 39m N-S x 32m E-W, is raised above the surrounding ground level and is heavily overgrown. It is largely bounded by a much collapsed stony rampart that is faced both internally and externally with coursed drystone masonry. It is best preserved at NE, where it measures 1.1m high externally and rises .6m above internal ground level. It varies between 1.2m and 2.4m thick, and mounds of collapse up to 2m wide abut it externally. The rampart is very poorly preserved at SE and S. A 4m wide gap at E may mark the original entrance to the enclosure.
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. 931. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 30 July 2013
Nearby in the register
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Crossunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.