Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
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Dromagorteen, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dromagorteen
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.83094, -9.51160
- SMR number
- KE102-032004-
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 Bonane Heritage Park, on an undulating SW-facing slope, in the valley of the Sheen River. A horseshoe-shaped grass-covered mound (10.6m NE-SW; 8.5m NW-SE; H 1.3m) of burnt material with an opening (2.8m NW-SE; 2.6m NE-SW) facing a wet area to the NW. The mound material is exposed around the roots of a fallen tree. A multiple-stone circle and boulder-burial (KE102-032002-, KE102-032003-) lie c. 25m to the W.
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
- Buildingunder 1 mi
- Boulder-burialunder 1 mi
- Stone circle - multiple-stoneunder 1 mi
- Burnt spreadunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.