Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
An Seanchnoc (dún Cíaráin Theas), County Kerry, Ireland
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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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
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
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.