Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Releagh, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Releagh
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.79622, -9.58033
- SMR number
- KE102-088004-
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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 a hollow and within a network of relict field boundaries (KE102-088011-). Described in 2000 as a D-shaped area (dims. 4.7m E-W) with the straight side at E (L 7.2m), defined by the remains of a roughly built, drystone wall (T 0.7m; H 1m) with large stones in its base. A boulder was incorporated into the wall, which was cut into the upslope at W. The entrance (Wth 0.6m) was at E. The interior, in pasture and cluttered with rubble, sloped down to the E. This enclosure adjoined a hut site (KE102-088003-) at SE. On a subsequent inspection in 2007 there were no visible remains of this enclosure, the land having been reclaimed and reseeded.
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
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.