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Ecclesiastical enclosure

Baslickane, County Kerry, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ecclesiastical enclosure, Baslickane, 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
Baslickane
County
Kerry
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Indicated
Coordinates
51.81090, -10.16096
SMR number
KE098-049001-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (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

This overgrown site is located on the W side of the Finglas river and overlooks Ballinskelligs Bay to W. Subcircular in plan, it is defined by a ring of large boulders and small stones and measures 26m N-S x 29m E-W internally. Abutting the external face of the enclosure at NE, and .65m below the level of its interior, are the foundations of a rectangular structure, possibly an oratory (KE098-049002-), which measure 5.35m ENE-WSW x 2.85m NNW-SSE internally. The walls, of drystone construction, survive only one to two courses high and average .65m thick. The W end of the building merges with the enclosing element of the site. No entrance feature is apparent.
A large burial area (KE098-049005-), 16m square, occupies the interior of the enclosure at E. It is defined by a dense concentration of uninscribed grave-markers which average .4m high. Close to the E limit of the site stands a rough, broken, stone cross (KE098-049003-), 1.34m high and .37m wide at base, with only the E arm surviving.

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. 930. 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

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

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