Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cairn - unclassified
Esk East, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Esk East
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.79037, -9.53979
- SMR number
- KE110-006----
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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 summit of Barraboy Mountain. A partly grass-covered circular cairn (3.8m E-W; 3.7m N-S; H 0.5m) comprising stones of various shapes and sizes, protruding from the peat. The cairn is defined by a scarp (H 0.3m) along the circumference N-SE and by a low bank of earth and stone SE-SW. Stones from the cairn are scattered downslope at NW. A recent cone-shaped cairn (2.2m N-S; 2m E-W; H 1.2m) has been built at the centre of the main cairn.
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
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.