Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cairn - unclassified
Garranes (glanarought By., Ardea Ed), County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Garranes (glanarought By., Ardea Ed)
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.79003, -9.72347
- SMR number
- KE109-001008-
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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 S-facing slope, overlooking the valley of the Glantrasna River. An oval cairn (5.7m N-S; 3.6m E-W; H 1.1m) of loose stones, the upper surface of which is mainly grass-covered. The perimeter is exposed SW-N. Six other cairns (KE109-001006-, KE109-001007-, KE109-001009-, KE109-001010-, KE109-001018-, KE109-001020-) are c. 14m to the WNW, c. 21m to the NNE, c. 7m to the SW, c. 14m to the E, c. 10m to the SE and c. 120m to the W, respectively. Relict field walls (KE109-001039-) are in the immediate vicinity to the S. Two other stretches of relict field boundaries (KE109-001019-, KE109-001020-) are c. 60m to the SW and c. 120m to the W, respectively.
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
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