Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Staigue, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Staigue
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.80490, -10.01492
- SMR number
- KE099-035----
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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 small, rectangular enclosure, possibly a house site, is located in the field immediately E of Staigue Fort (KE099-13001-). Not marked on the OS maps, it measures 11.3m N-S x 9.7m E-W internally, and is defined by a low, severely denuded earthen bank, 1.5m wide. A 2.8m wide gap occurs at NW and may represent an entrance feature. Extending from the enclosure's SW angle is a low earthen bank, 32m long. On its S side are a series of old cultivation ridges (KE099-035001-).
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. 771. 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
- Cultivation ridgesunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.