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Enclosure

An Seanchnoc (Dún Cíaráin Theas), County Kerry, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, An Seanchnoc (Dún Cíaráin Theas), 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
An Seanchnoc (Dún Cíaráin Theas)
County
Kerry
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Indicated
Coordinates
51.81123, -10.13863
SMR number
KE098-058----

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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 circular enclosure, marked on the first edition of the OS map, is located on the top of a low rise in rough pasture. Only the lower courses of its subcircular enclosing element survive. These consist of roughly coursed boulders, no longer extant on the site's E side. At W it survives .65m high externally, .6m high internally and is 2.7m wide. Loose stones are scattered throughout the site's overgrown interior. The area enclosed measures 11.65m N-S x 13.5m E-W.

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. 769. 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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