Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb
Esk East, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Esk East
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.79618, -9.52619
- SMR number
- KE102-072----
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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
On a spur of rock, in E-facing rough mountain pasture. A wedge-shaped chamber (L 2.6m; Wth 1.35m at W end), aligned WNW-ESE. Two sidestones on each side lean to the N and support a single large roofstone (2.15m x 2.15m) which narrows slightly and slopes down towards the ESE end. The backstone leans to the W and is slightly out of position. Smaller slabs are scattered on the ground immediately to the NW. Another wedge tomb (KE102-071----) lies c. 500m 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
- Megalithic tomb - wedge tombunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Souterrain1 mi
- Ringfort - rath1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.