Ballinknockane
Appearance
Ballinknockane | |
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Native name Baile an Chnocáin[1] (Irish) | |
Type | cillín, souterrain, hut sites |
Etymology | Irish: "settlement of the little hill" |
Location | Ballinknockane, Kilquane, County Kerry |
Coordinates | 52°14′00″N 10°17′53″W / 52.233438°N 10.298012°W |
Built | 5th–8th centuries |
Owner | state[2] |
Official name | Ballinknockane Burial ground & possible church; Hut sites and souterrain |
Reference no. | 221.1416 |
Ballinknockane is the location of a National Monument in County Kerry, Ireland.[3]
Location
Ballinknockane is located west of Mount Brandon and south of the Brandon Stream; it is 7.3 km (4.5 mi) northeast of Murreagh.
Description
The national monument consists of a cillín (calluragh), an unconsecrated burial ground. Nearby is a cashel (stone ringfort) with souterrain (underground storage tunnel) and several hut sites.[4][5]
Hut sites include:
- Cloghaunnageragh ("Sheep Hut")
- Cloghaunglass ("Green Hut")
- Lisnagraigue
References
- ^ "Baile an Chnocáin/Ballinknockane". Logainm.ie.
- ^ http://cdp.kerrycoco.ie/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/1_national_monuments.pdf
- ^ Harbison, Peter (1 May 1975). "Guide to the national monuments in the Republic of Ireland: including a selection of other monuments not in state care". Gill & Macmillan – via Google Books.
- ^ Meeting, European Association of Archaeologists; Henderson, Jon C. (1 January 2000). "The Prehistory and Early History of Atlantic Europe: Papers from a Session Held at the European Association of Archaeologists Fourth Annual Meeting in Göteborg 1998". Archaeopress – via Google Books.
- ^ Clinton, Mark (13 October 2018). "The Souterrains of Ireland". Wordwell – via Google Books.