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Radial-stone enclosure

Cummers West, County Kerry, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Radial-stone enclosure, Cummers West, County Kerry, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Cummers West
County
Kerry
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
51.77487, -9.75946
SMR number
KE109-004----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1865 · Ireland, (South) Sheet. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In rough pasture, on the SE-facing slopes of Knockbeg. A circular area (17.35m N-S; 16.5m E-W) defined by twelve radially set stones (max. dims.: L 1m; T 0.5m; H 0.75m), which protrude above a low bank (H 0.2m) and are best preserved along the N arc. A scatter of loose stones occurs in the NE quadrant of the interior. Within the interior, off-centre to the NW, are the remains of an enclosure (KE109-004001-) which protrude intermittently above the surface of the bog. A cairn (KE109-004002-) lies c. 4m to the N and a network of field boundaries (KE109-004003-) is further to the N.

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.

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