Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Gortlahard (glanarought By., Cappagh Ed), County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gortlahard (glanarought By., Cappagh Ed)
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.84995, -9.48042
- SMR number
- KE102-078006-
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 rise, on a gentle W-facing slope, in the valley of the Sheen River. A rectangular area (6.2m E-W; 2.2m N-S) defined by the remains of a stone wall (T 0.4m; H 0.2m) which protrudes above the surface of the bog (D 0.4m). The wall is covered in rushes. There is a fulacht fia (KE102-078004-) c. 60m to the NE.
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
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.