Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Coornacaragh, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coornacaragh
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.81535, -9.65993
- SMR number
- KE101-109006-
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 rough hill pasture, on a rocky SW-facing slope, overlooking Lough Inchiquin. An oval area (12.1m N-S; 10.7m E-W) defined by a wall (T 1.4m; H 0.55m) comprised of an inner and outer row of contiguous upright slabs with a rubble core NNE-SE. The entrance is at SE and is partly obscured. There is a scarp scattered with rubble SE-WNW while just a scatter of stones is evident WNW-NNE. The SW portion of the interior is raised and the NE portion is cut (D 0.4m) into the upslope to compensate for the hillslope. There is a relict field boundary (KE101-109007-) c. 25m to the SW.
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
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
- Burnt spreadunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.