Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cliff-edge fort
Milleens, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Milleens
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.81496, -9.53077
- SMR number
- KE102-101001-
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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 pasture, on the NW bank of the Sheen River. A D-shaped area (14.5m NW-SE) abuts the steep eroding linear scarped river bank at SE (L 24m NE-SW). The interior is defined by an inner bank (Wth 6.05m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1.7m) and intervening fosse (Wth 1.6m) SW-NE, with an outer bank (Wth 1.7m; int. H 0.05m; ext. H 0.8m) evident SW-WNW. A possible entrance is at N, where the fosse is infilled. A second break occurs at W. The uneven surface of the interior is in pasture. A souterrain (KE102-101002-) is at the centre, next to the eroding scarp of the river bank. A bullaun stone (KE102-101003-) is c. 30m to the NNE and a corn-drying kiln (KE102-101005-) is c. 25m to the NW.
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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Kiln - corn-dryingunder 1 mi
- Coffin-resting stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.