Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Glanrastel, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Glanrastel
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.74960, -9.69861
- SMR number
- KE109-075001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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, in a level area on the N-facing slopes of Knockeirky Mountain. A roughly oval area (5.1m N-S; 4m E-W) defined by the lower courses of a roughly built, drystone wall (T c. 0.7m at base, 0.3m at top; H 1.25m) with four large boulders at NE, SE, S and W. The lower course of the wall is a single stone wide. There is an entrance (Wth 0.65m) at N. A fulacht fia (KE109-075002-) is c. 25m to the SW.
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
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.