# Kimego West, Co. Kerry: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Caher, barony of Iveragh, Co. Kerry.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 2,914,530 m² (291.45 ha, 720.2 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 63 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 3,299 m² (0.33 ha, 0.82 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 10 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Caher, https://everytownland.com/kerry/parish/caher.md
- Barony: Iveragh
- Electoral division: Castlequin, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Castlequin electoral division: 583 people in 225 households; 92% of households own their home; 36% of homes were built since 2001; 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 22% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Kerry, https://everytownland.com/kerry.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/22154
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 71868
- Centre: latitude 51.973974, longitude -10.2587 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

63 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kimego West, from 64 m² to 1,596,186 m² (159.62 ha, 394.43 acres); 19 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1224837: 1,596,186 m² (159.62 ha, 394.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1224837.md
- Parcel 1240951: 165,230 m² (16.52 ha, 40.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1240951.md
- Parcel 5229123: 144,005 m² (14.4 ha, 35.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5229123.md
- Parcel 1235755: 122,775 m² (12.28 ha, 30.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1235755.md
- Parcel 1155482: 108,788 m² (10.88 ha, 26.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1155482.md
- Parcel 2557087: 108,448 m² (10.84 ha, 26.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2557087.md
- Parcel 1235754: 103,687 m² (10.37 ha, 25.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1235754.md
- Parcel 1235752: 100,623 m² (10.06 ha, 24.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1235752.md
- Parcel 1213750: 92,257 m² (9.23 ha, 22.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1213750.md
- Parcel 1213590: 73,279 m² (7.33 ha, 18.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1213590.md
- Parcel 1222768: 50,933 m² (5.09 ha, 12.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1222768.md
- Parcel 4075608: 45,515 m² (4.55 ha, 11.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4075608.md
- Parcel 1204400: 34,322 m² (3.43 ha, 8.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1204400.md
- Parcel 1235753: 26,728 m² (2.67 ha, 6.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1235753.md
- Parcel 1188580: 15,537 m² (1.55 ha, 3.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1188580.md
- Parcel 4306290: 7,006 m² (0.7 ha, 1.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4306290.md
- Parcel 1147070: 6,819 m² (0.68 ha, 1.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1147070.md
- Parcel 4345308: 6,629 m² (0.66 ha, 1.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4345308.md
- Parcel 1222078: 5,116 m² (0.51 ha, 1.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1222078.md
- Parcel 1189248: 4,735 m² (0.47 ha, 1.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1189248.md
- Parcel 1144201: 4,688 m² (0.47 ha, 1.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1144201.md
- Parcel 1239839: 4,451 m² (0.45 ha, 1.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1239839.md
- Parcel 4363204: 4,280 m² (0.43 ha, 1.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4363204.md
- Parcel 1150009: 4,231 m² (0.42 ha, 1.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1150009.md
- Parcel 4345303: 4,007 m² (0.4 ha, 0.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4345303.md
- Parcel 1235143: 3,905 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1235143.md
- Parcel 1196527: 3,777 m² (0.38 ha, 0.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1196527.md
- Parcel 1179646: 3,670 m² (0.37 ha, 0.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1179646.md
- Parcel 1179645: 3,610 m² (0.36 ha, 0.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1179645.md
- Parcel 3172535: 3,431 m² (0.34 ha, 0.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3172535.md
- Parcel 1231459: 3,358 m² (0.34 ha, 0.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1231459.md
- Parcel 1148639: 3,299 m² (0.33 ha, 0.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1148639.md
- Parcel 1146638: 3,258 m² (0.33 ha, 0.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1146638.md
- Parcel 2557081: 3,194 m² (0.32 ha, 0.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2557081.md
- Parcel 1242975: 3,167 m² (0.32 ha, 0.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1242975.md
- Parcel 1229903: 2,964 m² (0.3 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1229903.md
- Parcel 1179137: 2,884 m² (0.29 ha, 0.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1179137.md
- Parcel 1179533: 2,785 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1179533.md
- Parcel 1145051: 2,653 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1145051.md
- Parcel 1213593: 2,552 m² (0.26 ha, 0.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1213593.md
- Parcel 4654211: 2,333 m² (0.23 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4654211.md
- Parcel 1158084: 2,139 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1158084.md
- Parcel 1239597: 2,133 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1239597.md
- Parcel 1188024: 1,920 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1188024.md
- Parcel 1184761: 1,914 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1184761.md
- Parcel 1205849: 1,865 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1205849.md
- Parcel 1149242: 1,828 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1149242.md
- Parcel 1205394: 1,824 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1205394.md
- Parcel 1223760: 1,802 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1223760.md
- Parcel 1215743: 1,752 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1215743.md
- Parcel 1212751: 1,641 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1212751.md
- Parcel 1188806: 1,617 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1188806.md
- Parcel 4261350: 1,577 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4261350.md
- Parcel 1146810: 1,519 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1146810.md
- Parcel 1238358: 1,240 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1238358.md
- Parcel 1194869: 1,014 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1194869.md
- Parcel 1196218: 916 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1196218.md
- Parcel 1148929: 387 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1148929.md
- Parcel 1188361: 380 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1188361.md
- Parcel 1191938: 329 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1191938.md
- Parcel 1163448: 246 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1163448.md
- Parcel 1188148: 184 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1188148.md
- Parcel 4363195: 64 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4363195.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Kimego West in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

10 applications, newest first.

- 5 Aug 2025, Kerry County Council 2560679: Conditional. Permission. Carry out a minor alteration to the existing side elevation by enlarging the existing first floor window with all associated site works at Kimego West, Cahersiveen, Co. Kerry. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560679/0
- 30 May 2024, Kerry County Council 2460341: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. Retention permission to retain two existing bedrooms in the attic of his house and planning permission to install a puraflo type polishing filter to serve existing septic tank at Kimego West, Cahersiveen, Co. Kerry. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460341/0
- 30 Aug 2023, Kerry County Council 23947: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. RETAIN EXTENSION TO HOUSE AND ALTERATIONS TO ELEVATIONS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/23947/0
- 21 Jan 2021, Kerry County Council 2142: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. (A) RETAIN PRIVATE STORAGE AREAS AND RETAIN ALTERATIONS TO THE ELEVATIONS OF HOUSE. (B) PERMISSION TO CHANGE OF USE OF PRIVATE STORAGE AREAS TO LIVING ACCOMMODATION. (C) PERMISSION TO ALTER, RENOVATE AND EXTEND EXISTING HOUSE. (D) PERMISSION TO REPLACE EXISTING SEPTIC TANK WITH EFFLUENT TREATMENT TANK AND SANDCEL POLISHING FILTER. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2142/0
- 9 Oct 2020, Kerry County Council 20954: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. RETAIN DWELLING HOUSE WITH MODIFIED CONDITION 4 OF PLANNING REF. NO. 20/389. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/20954/0
- 29 Apr 2020, Kerry County Council 20389: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. RETAIN AND COMPLETE HOUSE AS BEING CONSTRUCTED AND PERMISSION TO INSTALL AN EFFLUENT TREATMENT TANK AND SANDCEL POLISHING FILTER. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/20389/0
- 20 Jan 2020, Kerry County Council 2032: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. PERMISSION TO A) CHANGE OF USE FROM THE EXISTING 2 NO. SELF-CONTAINED LIVING UNITS TO FORM ONE DWELLING HOUSE, B) ALTER AND EXTEND BALCONY TO THE REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING, C) INTERNAL ALTERATIONS, EVELATION CHANGES AND (D) DECOMMISSION EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND INSTALL A NEW WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND POLISING FILTER AN ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2032/0
- 18 Dec 2019, Kerry County Council 191282: N/a. Permission. (A) RETAIN ANNEX, (B) PERMISSION TO EXTEND, ALTER AND RENOVATE ANNEX AND HOUSE, AND TO CONNECT ANNEX TO HOUSE TO FORM ONE HOUSE, (C) PERMISSION TO REPLACE SEPTIC TANK WITH AN EFFLUENT TREATMENT TANK AND SANDCEL POLISHING FILTER. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/191282/0
- 17 Jul 2019, Kerry County Council 19754: N/a. Retention, 1 home. RETAIN AND COMPLETE HOUSE AS BEING CONSTRUCTED. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/19754/0
- 6 Feb 2018, Kerry County Council 1879: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. RETAIN DWELLING WITH FIRST FLOOR ATTIC AREA AS CONSTRUCTED AND WITHIN REVISED SITE BOUNDARIES. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/1879/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

- Special Protection Area: Iveragh Peninsula SPA, site code 004154, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/spa/004154
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Doulus Head To Cooncrome Harbour, site code 001350

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- KE069-001: Cairn - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE069-001----. Located in blanket peat between the lower NW slopes of Slievagh and the cliffs at Canglass Point, this cairn is of subcircular plan. Measuring 15.3m N-S x 13.5m E-W, it rises to a maximum height of .9m at N. Largely composed of medium sized stones, it is retained at N and NW by a series of four large slabs set on end, with average dimensions of 1.35m x .5m x .25m. Some 25m to S is a stretch of pre-bog walling, c. 7m long, while a short distance to W is Poulagellane blow-hole. The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 394. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 28 July 2013
- KE069-006: Field system, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE069-006----. Blanket peat, large sections of which have been cut-over, extends over the W slopes of Slievagh towards a level strip of land bordering the cliffs N of Cooncrome Harbour. Here, between Coosfadda inlet and the stream which runs into the sea at Coosatooig, is a large pre-bog field-system consisting of three main walls which occur over an area measuring approximately 1km N-S x 600m E-W. Lengths of up to 400m of these walls are exposed, and in the N and E sections of the complex further stretches, traced by probing, are overlain by peat. The walls are generally composed of intermittent upright slabs and boulders, with small stone infill between; they average .5m high and .8m wide. The N wall commences at Coosfadda and runs up the slopes of Slievagh to SE for 180m before gradually turning to S for a further 600m. Here, its course is somewhat irregular and is largely overlain by peat. The second principal wall commences at Coosnamuck inlet, 240m SW of Coosfadda, and runs E for 180m before turning S for 220m. Here, it turns sharply to E and runs 200m to join the first wall at right angles. A further curving stretch of wall at S, largely peat-covered, forms a D-shaped enclosure (KE069-006001-), 125m N-S x 100m E-W, within which is a subcircular hut (KE069-006003-) and a small enclosure (KE069-006002-). The hut measures 9.1m in internal diameter; its wall consists of uprights, up to .45m high, and some drystone work is preserved. The enclosure occurs 14m to E and abuts the N-S wall; it measures 4m x 2.5m internally, and a gap at NW may reprasent the entrance. Located between the hut and the enclosure is a row of three large, upright boulders. The third main wall commences close to the cliffs, midway between Coosnamuck and Coosatooig. It runs to E for 120m, where it turns S for 400m and terminates at the stream which forms the S limit of the complex. It is overlain in part at S by the wall of a modern field system, and is abutted at W by a number of short stretches of pre-bog walling. Located close to the latter is Cnocán na hAitinne, a natural mound on the S side of which is a souterrain (KE069-008001-). Located 120m SW of Cnocán na hAitinne are the poorly preserved remains of a rectangular hut which measures 3.15m x 2.6m internally; no entrance is apparent. Two further rectangular huts are located together on the banks of the stream to S, close to the end of the W wall. One measures 3.7m E-W and 2.6m N-S externally, while only the S side-wall and the W end-wall of the second hut, measuring 2.25m and 1.9m in length respectively, are preserved. Old field walls KE069-007001-, probably contemporary, occur in the immediate vicinity. The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 55; 1339. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 1 August 2013
- KE069-006001: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE069-006001-. For descriptive account see O'Sullivan and Sheehan (1996, 29, no. 55, '…D-shaped enclosure…'). 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
- KE069-006002: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE069-006002-. For descriptive account see O'Sullivan and Sheehan (1996, 29, no. 55, '…small enclosure…' within D-shaped enclosure). 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
- KE069-006003: Hut site, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE069-006003-. For descriptive account see O'Sullivan and Sheehan (1996, 29, no. 55). 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
- KE069-007: Hut site, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE069-007----. Above sea-cliffs to NE of Cooncrome Harbour, on the lower SW slopes of Slievagh. The site consists of a jumble of stones, within which the foundations of a rectangular structure are discernible. D: 3.6m x 3.15m. Old field walls, probably contemporary, occur in the immediate vicinity. The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 1339. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 1 August 2013
- KE069-008001: Souterrain, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE069-008001-. This poorly preserved souterrain, not marked on the OS maps, is located at the base of a natural mound known locally as Cnocán na h-Aitinne. It is situated in gently sloping boggy pasture, between the lower SW slopes of Sliveagh and the cliffs N of Cooncrome Harbour. The mound, of irregular plan, measures 19m N-S x 17m E-W and is composed of peat-covered outcrop which rises to a height of 2m above surrounding ground level. Three pre-bog walls radiate out from the mound at NW, NE, and SE, and form part of a larger field-system (KE069-006----). The souterrain is located at the base of the SE side off the mound. In the 1950s much of the stone used in its construction was removed and used for building material (local information). Two short passages are identifiable. The first is .8m long and is capped by two large lintels resting on uprights slabs; it is .95m wide and is aligned E-W. A small surface aperture allows viewing of the second section, 1.3m to W. It is c. 1.5m long, c. 1m wide and is aligned WSW-ENE. It is filled with stone debris to within .4m of its lintels. An elongated depression extends for 6.5m to NNE from it, and may represent a destroyed length of passage. A grooved whetstone, discovered in this souterrain, is now in NMI (1958:129) The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 890. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013
- KE069-009: Hut site, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE069-009----. A pair of rectangular huts of drystone construction, set 2m apart, on S bank of a stream on SW side of Slievagh mountain. An old field system (KE069-009001-), possibly associated with the huts, lies to S. N hut (KE069-009----) is better preserved. D: 3.7m x 2.6m (external). H: .4m. T: .45m. The S hut (KE069-009002-) has only its S and W walls surviving; the W wall is built against a low artificial scarp and stands .55m high and 1.9m long. The S wall is 2.23m long. The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 1340. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 1 August 2013
- KE069-009001: Field boundary, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE069-009001-. In rough grazing on bog, on a gentle W-facing slope to the E of the cliff-tops on the E side of Cooncrome Harbour. The remains of a mainly curvilinear stone wall (T 0.6m; H 0.3m) protrude intermittently above the surface of the bog and extend (L c. 100m) in a W direction almost as far as the cliffs. Many stones are leaning and the slab-type stones are set at right angles to the line of the wall. (O'Sullivan and Sheehan 1996, 410, no. 1340) 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
- KE069-009002: Hut site, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE069-009002-. A pair of rectangular huts of drystone construction, set 2m apart, on S bank of a stream on SW side of Slievagh mountain. An old field system (KE069-009001-), possibly associated with the huts, lies to S. The S hut (KE069-009002-) has only its S and W walls surviving; the W wall is built against a low artificial scarp and stands .55m high and 1.9m long. The S wall is 2.23m long. The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 1340. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 1 August 2013
- KE069-021: Field boundary, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE069-021----. For descriptive account see O'Sullivan and Sheehan (1996, 115, no. 394). 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
- KE069-023: Promontory fort - coastal, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE069-023----. Promontory fort described in 2003 as follows; 'Two collapsed and grassed over earth and drystone walls cut off a steeply sloping west facing headland. The outermost wall is straight and a slight depression running along the base is the only trace of a fosse. The inner bank curves and less remains to be seen. The headland is inhospitable and the interior is featureless. The sides are steep and the site is overlooked by higher land to the east. Despite this, the inner bank seems to be the remains of a heavily eroded defensive bank’ (Casey 2003, 39, no. M).
- KE079-011: Ringfort - cashel, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE079-011----. Overall diam. 31m N-S, 30.8m E-W Caher-na-Cath/Cathair na gCat: This poorly preserved site is the most northerly of a group of three cahers located between the estuary of the Valencia river and Cooncrome Harbour. The other two sites are Leacanabuaile (KE079-016----) and Cahergal (KE079-024----), both of which have been excavated and conserved. The land in the immediate vicinity of Caher-na-Cath, boggy pasture broken by outcropping, slopes down to SW and W. The caher is built on a natural platform, close to the upper edge of a low cliff on its W side. The edges of its very dilapidated enclosing bank are not well-defined, merging with external ground level, and, internally, with the outlines of three huts. At S the bank survives as a 5m wide stony spread. A wall, carefully built with thin slabs, runs adjacent to the site at W and may have been constructed using stones from the enclosing bank. The original entrance to the site may have been located at SSE, where there is a 2.4m wide gap defined by a number of upright slabs. A modern trackway skirts the site at E and S, and a short stretch of stone facing is preserved on the external face of the bank at NE. Three collapsed, sod-covered huts occupy the interior of the caher. Internal stone facing is visible in the roughly oval-shaped hut at E (KE079-011001-), which has internal dimensions of 7.6m x 5.4m. A shallow circular depression in the centre of its floor is locally reputed to be the entrance to a souterrain (KE079-011002-). (KE079-011003-) This is situated just N of KE079-011001, and is joined to it by a band of stone collapse. Stone facing is again visible in its interior, which measures 4.8m in diameter. A narrow entrance, .6m wide, occurs at SW. The circular, stone-faced foundations of hut (KE079-011004-) are located in the site's SW quadrant, interrupting the line of the enclosing feature here. The hut has an internal diameter of 5.4m, and there is a 1.7m wide entrance gap at SE. Its walls survive .4m high and are 2m wide. The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 601. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013
- KE079-011001: Hut site, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE079-011001-. Three collapsed, sod-covered huts occupy the interior of the caher. Internal stone facing is visible in the roughly oval-shaped hut at E (KE079-011001-), which has internal dimensions of 7.6m x 5.4m. The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 601. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013
- KE079-011002: Souterrain, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE079-011002-. A shallow circular depression in the centre of its floor is locally reputed to be the entrance to a souterrain (KE079-011002-). The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 601. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013
- KE079-011003: Hut site, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE079-011003-. (KE079-011003-) This is situated just N of KE079-011001, and is joined to it by a band of stone collapse. Stone facing is again visible in its interior, which measures 4.8m in diameter. A narrow entrance, .6m wide, occurs at SW. The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 601. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013
- KE079-011004: Hut site, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE079-011004-. The circular, stone-faced foundations of hut (KE079-011004-) are located in the site's SW quadrant, interrupting the line of the enclosing feature here. The hut has an internal diameter of 5.4m, and there is a 1.7m wide entrance gap at SE. Its walls survive .4m high and are 2m wide. The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 601. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013
- KE079-016: Ringfort - cashel, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE079-016----. National Monument No. 414. Internal diam. 23.3m N-S, 22.8m E-W. Known locally as Leacanabuaile/Leaca na Buaile, this site is one of a group of three cahers located between the Valencia river estuary and Cooncrome Harbour. Depicted on the first edition of the OS map as a circular enclosure, it is not shown on subsequent editions. It is situated on a massive rock eminence with steep ascents on its N, S and W sides. It was excavated in 1939-40 and was subsequently conserved and restored to its present condition. Much of the following description of the site is based on the report of that excavation (Ó Ríordáin and Foy, 1941). Prior to its excavation the site consisted of a subcircular area defined by a slight, sod-covered bank. Drystone facing could be traced around most of the bank's external circuit, and two short stretches of internal facing were also visible. The bank was poorly preserved at E, where the top of an upright stone marked the location of the entrance. The outlines of two structures, one circular (1) and one rectangular (4), were visible in the site's interior, which was largely filled with sod-covered stone collapse. The excavations revealed that the site was enclosed by a substantial caher-type wall which contained two wall chambers and featured a terraced inner face. The foundations of six stone-built houses, three circular (1-3) and three rectangular (4-6), were revealed in the interior. A souterrain (KE079-016003-) ran from the interior of the best preserved of the circular houses (1) to one of the chambers in the caher wall. Stratigraphic and other evidence indicated that the three circular houses were the earliest to be built on the site, and that the largest of the rectangular houses (4) was built during the period of use of circular house (1), which it abutted, but subsequent to the use of houses (2) and (3), whose foundations it overlay. House (5) was constructed later than (4), and house (6) was considered by the excavators to be probably of similar date to (5). Among the finds from the occupation levels of the site were iron knives and nails, quantities of iron slag (KE079-016011-), bone comb fragments, whetstones, fragments of rotary querns, a ploughsock, a sickle and a bronze ring-headed pin. Cattle were well represented in the bone assemblage from the site, though bones of sheep, pig, deer, grey seal, fish and sea-birds also occurred. The excavators proposed a ninth to tenth century date for the construction and occupation of the caher. Caher Wall: The shape and sloping upper surface of the rock eminence on which Leacanabuaile is built appears to have dictated the rather irregular outline of its enclosing wall. The wall has a non-uniform batter and comprises a rubble core faced internally and externally with thin shale slabs. A foundation layer of large slabs projects beyond its external face in places. It averages 3.3m in basal width and 1.5m high. A .8m wide terrace runs along its inner face, and a second terrace occurs below this at the wall's NE sector. Short series of steps or projecting slabs occur at ten locations around the internal circuit of the wall, giving access to these terraces or to the wall-top. The entrance is located at E, where the ascent to the caher was easiest, and measures 1.4m in average width. Midway along the sides of the entrance passage, which may have been lintelled originally, projects a pair of opposed upright slabs or portals. The entrance to a small wall chamber is located just outside the SE corner of house (6). Measuring .45m high. 4m wide, this gives access to the S end of the chamber which is 1.3m wide and 3.3m long, NW-SE. Its lintelled roof is .7m high. Houses: (1 - KE079-016010-) Abutting the face of the enclosing wall at W, the wall of this circular house, 4.7m in internal diameter, averages 1.5m wide at base and is preserved to a height of 1.8m. It is well-faced internally and features a strongly corbelled incline. Excavation revealed several postholes in the interior of the house, which indicate that its roof may have been a thatched or sod-covered timber construction supported on posts set in the floor. Another posthole, found just inside the 1m wide entrance at E, presumably held a door-post. The entrance to a souterrain is located close to the opposite side of the doorway. The souterrain (KE079-016003-) is stone-built and comprises two passages linked by a short creepway. It terminates in a chamber contained within the caher wall just SW of house (1). The first passage is 6.2m long and averages .8m wide and .75m high. It curves gently downwards from the entrance at NE, beneath the wall of house (1), to SW. Its side-walls are drystone-built and are slightly corbelled in their upper courses. In places they overlie the rock-cut sides of the souterrain's construction trench. The passage is roofed with large slabs. A creepway, .8m long x .4m wide, which is fitted with a neatly cut arch stone, leads from the SW end of the passage to the E end of the second passage. The latter passage is 3.8m long, .9m in average width and .8m high. Aligned E-W, it is constructed in the same manner as the first passage. Its W end underlies the caher wall and here a space, .5m x .4m, was left in its roof to allow access to the overhead wall chamber. Of subrectangular form, this chamber measures 4.8m N-S x 1.2m E-W and is 1m high. It is roofed by a series of large slabs, some of which are supported by a modern concrete pillar. During the conservation work carried out at the site a low opening to this chamber was built through the external face of the caher wall. There is a number of incised carvings on the N side-wall of the first passage, close to the creepway. It is unclear whether these were incised into the face of the bedrock or only into the layer of dried mud which adheres to it. Of uncertain date, they include a number of concentric circles and a quadruped animal. (2) (KE079-016005-) Only the lower courses of the wall of this circular house, which was overlain by the SW side-wall of house (4), is preserved. This averages 1.2m wide. (3) (KE079-016006-) The poorly preserved remains of the N sector of the wall of this circular hut were noted beneath the NE side-wall of house (4). (4) (KE079-016007-) This, the largest of the Leacanabuaile houses, was built against the E face of house (1) thus incorporating the entrance to the latter in its structure. Rectangular in plan, it measures 7.15m x 6.15m internally and features a 1m wide doorway at ESE. Its side-walls, preserved up to 1.5m high at W, average 2m in basal width and are battered inwards on both faces. The walls are well-faced internally and are neatly bonded at the corners. Externally, the corners are somewhat rounded. Excavation revealed four large postholes in the interior of the building, which indicated that its roof may have been a thatched or sod-covered timber construction supported on posts set in the floor. The excavators suggested that a large holed stone, found over-lying the occupation layers in the house, may have been set in the roof to serve as a smoke-hole. A slab-covered drain (KE079-016002-) ran from just inside the doorway of the house across the interior of the caher and out through its entrance. (5) (KE079-016008-) This poorly constructed building is located between the S angle of house (4) and the enclosing wall of the caher, which forms its S side-wall. Of subrectangular internal plan, it has average dimensions of 7m x 3.4m. A .9m wide entrance at NE leads through a 1.2m wide wall, which narrows to .3m in width at the building's NW corner to allow access between it and house (4) to the S portion of the caher's interior. (6) (KE079-016009-) This rectangular building is located adjacent to the wall chamber at NW and utilises the caher wall as its NE side-wall. Measuring 4.2m x 3.3m internally, it features a .6m wide entrance in its SE end-wall. Its walls average 1m wide and were preserved to a height of .6m. The exc
- KE079-016002: Decorated stone, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE079-016002-. There is a number of incised carvings on the N side-wall of the first passage, close to the creepway. It is unclear whether these were incised into the face of the bedrock or only into the layer of dried mud which adheres to it. Of uncertain date, they include a number of concentric circles and a quadruped animal. The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 602. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 85/1940).
- KE079-016003: Souterrain, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE079-016003-. The souterrain (KE079-016003-) is stone-built and comprises two passages linked by a short creepway. It terminates in a chamber contained within the caher wall just SW of house (1). The first passage is 6.2m long and averages .8m wide and .75m high. It curves gently downwards from the entrance at NE, beneath the wall of house (1), to SW. Its side-walls are drystone-built and are slightly corbelled in their upper courses. In places they overlie the rock-cut sides of the souterrain's construction trench. The passage is roofed with large slabs. A creepway, .8m long x .4m wide, which is fitted with a neatly cut arch stone, leads from the SW end of the passage to the E end of the second passage. The latter passage is 3.8m long, .9m in average width and .8m high. Aligned E-W, it is constructed in the same manner as the first passage. Its W end underlies the caher wall and here a space, .5m x .4m, was left in its roof to allow access to the overhead wall chamber. Of subrectangular form, this chamber measures 4.8m N-S x 1.2m E-W and is 1m high. It is roofed by a series of large slabs, some of which are supported by a modern concrete pillar. During the conservation work carried out at the site a low opening to this chamber was built through the external face of the caher wall. There is a number of incised carvings on the N side-wall of the first passage, close to the creepway. It is unclear whether these were incised into the face of the bedrock or only into the layer of dried mud which adheres to it. Of uncertain date, they include a number of concentric circles and a quadruped animal. The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 602. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 85/1940).
- KE079-016005: House - early medieval, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE079-016005-. (2) (KE079-016005-) Only the lower courses of the wall of this circular house, which was overlain by the SW side-wall of house (4), is preserved. This averages 1.2m wide. The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 602. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 85/1940).
- KE079-016006: House - early medieval, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE079-016006-. (3) (KE079-016006-) The poorly preserved remains of the N sector of the wall of this circular hut were noted beneath the NE side-wall of house (4). The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 602. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 85/1940).
- KE079-016007: House - early medieval, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE079-016007-. (4) (KE079-016007-) This, the largest of the Leacanabuaile houses, was built against the E face of house (1) thus incorporating the entrance to the latter in its structure. Rectangular in plan, it measures 7.15m x 6.15m internally and features a 1m wide doorway at ESE. Its side-walls, preserved up to 1.5m high at W, average 2m in basal width and are battered inwards on both faces. The walls are well-faced internally and are neatly bonded at the corners. Externally, the corners are somewhat rounded. Excavation revealed four large postholes in the interior of the building, which indicated that its roof may have been a thatched or sod-covered timber construction supported on posts set in the floor. The excavators suggested that a large holed stone, found over-lying the occupation layers in the house, may have been set in the roof to serve as a smoke-hole. A slab-covered drain (KE079-016002-) ran from just inside the doorway of the house across the interior of the caher and out through its entrance. The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 602. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 85/1940).
- KE079-016008: House - early medieval, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE079-016008-. (5) (KE079-016008-) This poorly constructed building is located between the S angle of house (4) and the enclosing wall of the caher, which forms its S side-wall. Of subrectangular internal plan, it has average dimensions of 7m x 3.4m. A .9m wide entrance at NE leads through a 1.2m wide wall, which narrows to .3m in width at the building's NW corner to allow access between it and house (4) to the S portion of the caher's interior. The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 602. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 85/1940).
- KE079-016009: House - early medieval, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE079-016009-. (6) (KE079-016009-) This rectangular building is located adjacent to the wall chamber at NW and utilises the caher wall as its NE side-wall. Measuring 4.2m x 3.3m internally, it features a .6m wide entrance in its SE end-wall. Its walls average 1m wide and were preserved to a height of .6m. The excavators suggested that both it and house (5) were built subsequent to the construction of (4). The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 602. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 85/1940).
- KE079-016010: House - early medieval, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE079-016010-. Houses: (1 - KE079-016010-) Abutting the face of the enclosing wall at W, the wall of this circular house, 4.7m in internal diameter, averages 1.5m wide at base and is preserved to a height of 1.8m. It is well-faced internally and features a strongly corbelled incline. Excavation revealed several postholes in the interior of the house, which indicate that its roof may have been a thatched or sod-covered timber construction supported on posts set in the floor. Another posthole, found just inside the 1m wide entrance at E, presumably held a door-post. The entrance to a souterrain is located close to the opposite side of the doorway. The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 602. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 85/1940).
- KE079-016011: Metalworking site, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE079-016011-. Among the finds from the occupation levels of the site were iron knives and nails, quantities of iron slag (KE079-016011-), bone comb fragments, whetstones, fragments of rotary querns, a ploughsock, a sickle and a bronze ring-headed pin. The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 602. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 85/1940).
- KE079-024: Ringfort - cashel, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE079-024----. National Monument No. 1227. Internal diam. 26.2m Known locally as Cahergal/An Chathair Gheal, this impressive monument is the most southerly of a group of three cahers situated on the N side of the Valencia river estuary. It is located on the crest of a slight ridge, and its N sector is skirted by a low rock-face. The site consists of a massive circular rampart, which features terraces and interconnecting steps on its inner face, and encloses a large central hut. The hut was recently excavated (Manning 1991, 37; 1992, 24-5) as part of the extensive programme of repair and conservation being carried out on the site by the OPW. Prior to its restoration the enclosing rampart of the caher was breached at NNE and its external face had collapsed at S and W. The original entrance, at SSE, was almost totally covered by collapse. A number of early photographs, including Lawrence Collection 4562WL, recorded the dilapidated state of the site at this time. The rampart survived to a maximum external height of 4m at SW, and consisted of a rubble core faced internally and externally with drystone masonry of exceptionally high quality. Averaging 5.5m in basal thickness, it featured a pronounced batter both internally and externally, and averaged 3.5m wide on top. The basal courses of the original entrance feature were cleared of overlying collapse and reconstructed as a lintelled passage by the OPW. This is 5.7m long, 2m wide and 2m high. Two tall portal-like slabs project from the sides of the passage close to its inner end, where a large slab, set on edge, acts as a step-up to the interior of the site. Each of these three slabs are original features of the entrance passage. The inner face of the caher rampart features two terraces, on average 1.15m and 2.7m high above ground level, which are each divided into nine sections by inset arrangements of opposing steps. These sections average .6m wide and vary in length between 4.5m and 7.5m. The steps to the upper terrace tend to occur midway along the lengths of the individual sections of the lower one. At two points, at NNE and SW, access is gained to the top of the rampart from the upper terrace via sets of opposing steps. The central hut is of drystone construction. Prior to excavation and conservation its interior was filled with rubble and its wall was only preserved above ground level at W, where it stood up to 1.7m high. Here it displayed a pronounced inward corbel and a number of slabs projected from its external face. Traces of an entrance were visible at SSE. Chatterton recorded a local tradition that the roof of the hut was of corbelled stone, and noted that a lamb shelter had been constructed in its interior (1839, 280). Excavation revealed that the hut was 6.7m in internal diameter and featured two opposing entrances, each 1.1m wide. A third, blocked, entrance was located at N. Removal of the collapse in the interior of the hut revealed an occupation layer over the floor, a large central hearth-pit and several hundred stake-holes. There was little evidence for activity on the site prior to the construction of the hut. Artefacts recovered included quern fragments, scraps of sheet bronze, iron slag and tuyère fragments. Excavation between the caher entrance and the hut revealed a paving of stone flags flanked with low upright slabs. Westropp and Henry recorded a large perforated slab lying outside the hut at SE (1912, 295; 1957, 63). This is no longer visible and was interpreted by Henry as a support slab for a timber door frame. Another slab lying in the interior of the caher, 2.45m x .7m x .15m thick, has two large circular depressions on its present upper surface. A drystone structure of rectangular plan formerly stood against the inner face of the caher rampart at N. It was dismantled by the OPW in the early 1980s. It measured 2.8m N-S x 2.4m E-W in internal dimensions, and its walls averaged .55m thick. Its E wall was apparently gabled and stood 1.9m high. Although it was interpreted by Lecky as a possible oratory (1914, 49), it was not depicted in Dunraven's plan of the site (1875, 22) and was deemed by Henry (1957, 63) to be of modern date. A pin sharpener and three fragments of a quern from Cahergal are in KCM (1993:4; 1992:33). The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 603. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013
- KE079-024001: Building, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE079-024001-. National Monument No. 1227. A drystone structure of rectangular plan formerly stood against the inner face of the caher rampart at N. It was dismantled by the OPW in the early 1980s. It measured 2.8m N-S x 2.4m E-W in internal dimensions, and its walls averaged .55m thick. Its E wall was apparently gabled and stood 1.9m high. Although it was interpreted by Lecky as a possible oratory (1914, 49), it was not depicted in Dunraven's plan of the site (1875, 22) and was deemed by Henry (1957, 63) to be of modern date. The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 603. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013
- KE079-024002: Clochan, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE079-024002-. National Monument No. 1227. The central hut is of drystone construction. Prior to excavation and conservation its interior was filled with rubble and its wall was only preserved above ground level at W, where it stood up to 1.7m high. Here it displayed a pronounced inward corbel and a number of slabs projected from its external face. Traces of an entrance were visible at SSE. Chatterton recorded a local tradition that the roof of the hut was of corbelled stone, and noted that a lamb shelter had been constructed in its interior (1839, 280). Excavation revealed that the hut was 6.7m in internal diameter and featured two opposing entrances, each 1.1m wide. A third, blocked, entrance was located at N. Removal of the collapse in the interior of the hut revealed an occupation layer over the floor, a large central hearth-pit and several hundred stake-holes. There was little evidence for activity on the site prior to the construction of the hut. Artefacts recovered included quern fragments, scraps of sheet bronze, iron slag and tuyère fragments. Excavation between the caher entrance and the hut revealed a paving of stone flags flanked with low upright slabs. Westropp and Henry recorded a large perforated slab lying outside the hut at SE (1912, 295; 1957, 63). This is no longer visible and was interpreted by Henry as a support slab for a timber door frame. Another slab lying in the interior of the caher, 2.45m x .7m x .15m thick, has two large circular depressions on its present upper surface. The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 603. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013
- KE079-024003: Metalworking site, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE079-024003-. National Monument No. 1227. Artefacts recovered included quern fragments, scraps of sheet bronze, iron slag and tuyère fragments. Excavation between the caher entrance and the hut revealed a paving of stone flags flanked with low upright slabs. A pin sharpener and three fragments of a quern from Cahergal are in KCM (1993:4; 1992:33). The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 603. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013

Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Kimego West.

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887
- Landslides: Susceptibility high, moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Kimego West.
- Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use.

LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.

## Downloads

- DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/kerry/kimego-west.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/kerry/kimego-west.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/kerry/kimego-west.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

- Kimego West, Caherciveen: 5 sales, https://everytownland.com/kerry/kimego-west-caherciveen.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Ballycarbery East: https://everytownland.com/kerry/ballycarbery-east.md
- Ballycarbery West: https://everytownland.com/kerry/ballycarbery-west.md
- Emlagh: https://everytownland.com/kerry/emlagh-71231.md
- Kimego East: https://everytownland.com/kerry/kimego-east.md
- Mountluke: https://everytownland.com/kerry/mountluke.md

A townland is the smallest land division of Ireland, and the unit of a rural address; old registers such as the 1901 and 1911 censuses file it under its civil parish and barony.

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Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation.

Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged.

- Page: https://everytownland.com/kerry/kimego-west
- In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/kerry/kimego-west