Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Mass-house
Carks, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carks
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.83954, -9.63947
- SMR number
- KE101-095----
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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, in a sheltered hollow. The remains of a rectangular structure (13.7m E-W; 3.8m N-S) of drystone-built walls (T 1m; H 1.3m), covered by dense overgrowth. A pile of rubble at the E end may be the remains of a collapsed gable. The interior is divided into two compartments by a cross wall (T 0.9m): the larger room (8.8m E-W) is at the E end and has a door (Wth 0.8m) in the W end of its N wall; the smaller room (4m E-W) is at the W end. According to local information, this structure was used as a mass-house during 'Penal Times'.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.