Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Charcoal-making site
Inchinlough, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Inchinlough
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.80077, -9.67893
- SMR number
- KE101-068----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 an oak wood, on a steep NE-facing slope, near the SE corner of Lough Inchiquin. A circular area (diam. 7m) defined by a gently scarped bank N-E and SSE-WNW, by a grass-covered bank of earth with chunks of charcoal WNW-N and E-SSE. The scarped bank is faced with stone at SE. The SE portion of the interior is raised (H 1m) to compensate for the hillslope and the NW portion is cut (D 0.5m) into the upslope. The interior is covered with forest debris.
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
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.