Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Field system
Erneen, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Erneen
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.82824, -9.48274
- SMR number
- KE102-082003-
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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 the S-facing rocky slopes of Barrerneen. Collapsed stone walls, with numerous gaps, occur intermittently and indicate a field system covering an area c. 600m NE-SW x c. 450m N-S. The surviving walls (T 0.6m; H 0.5m), which are embedded in shallow soil, are generally curvilinear and enclose fields of many shapes and sizes. The walls contain upright base stones that are set at intervals and at right angles to the line of the wall. Rubble is scattered downslope from the walls. There are four hut sites (KE102-082001-, KE102-082002-, KE102-082004-, KE102-082005-) within the system.
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
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.