Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cairn - unclassified
Coornacaragh,cooryeen,derrysallagh,dromroe (glanarought By.), County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coornacaragh,cooryeen,derrysallagh,dromroe (glanarought By.)
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.82035, -9.64545
- SMR number
- KE101-049001-
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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
In rough pasture, on a bog, on a level area of a ridge leading SE to Knocknagorraveela. B. Ó Cíobháin recorded a cairn at the junction of four townlands (SMR file). There are no visible remains of this cairn. A possible burial (KE101-049002-), dating to the 1790s, is associated with the cairn.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 30 May 2011
Nearby in the register
- Burialunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.