Leacanabuaile | |
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Native name Irish: Leaca na Buaile | |
Type | stone ringfort |
Location | Kimego West,
Caherciveen, County Kerry, Ireland |
Coordinates | 51°57′30″N 10°15′43″W / 51.958258°N 10.261868°W |
Elevation | 24 m (79 ft) |
Built | c. 9th century AD |
Architectural style(s) | Gaelic Ireland |
Owner | State [1] |
Official name | Leacanabuaile Cashel [2] |
Reference no. | 414 |
Leacanabuaile is a stone ringfort (cashel) and National Monument in County Kerry, Ireland. [3] Leacanabuaile is immediately northwest of Cahergal, 3 km (1.9 mi) northwest of Cahirciveen. [4]
The cashel was built around the 9th century AD as a defended farmstead. [5]
The Irish name means "hillside of the milking-place". [6]
The site was excavated in 1939–40; objects found included iron knives and pins, bone combs, bronze, millstones, and lead, dating from the 9th or 10th century AD. [7] [8]
Leacanabuaile is a circular stone ringfort (caiseal) of internal diameter 30 m (98 ft) with outer walls over 2 m (6 ft 7 in) high and 3.3 m (11 ft) thick. [9] Protected on three sides by steep grassy slopes, the entrance is on the east side. [10] It is built of drystone with gaps filled in with rubble. [7] [11]
Inside are three stone beehive houses and a souterrain. [12]
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Leacanabuaile | |
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Native name Irish: Leaca na Buaile | |
Type | stone ringfort |
Location | Kimego West,
Caherciveen, County Kerry, Ireland |
Coordinates | 51°57′30″N 10°15′43″W / 51.958258°N 10.261868°W |
Elevation | 24 m (79 ft) |
Built | c. 9th century AD |
Architectural style(s) | Gaelic Ireland |
Owner | State [1] |
Official name | Leacanabuaile Cashel [2] |
Reference no. | 414 |
Leacanabuaile is a stone ringfort (cashel) and National Monument in County Kerry, Ireland. [3] Leacanabuaile is immediately northwest of Cahergal, 3 km (1.9 mi) northwest of Cahirciveen. [4]
The cashel was built around the 9th century AD as a defended farmstead. [5]
The Irish name means "hillside of the milking-place". [6]
The site was excavated in 1939–40; objects found included iron knives and pins, bone combs, bronze, millstones, and lead, dating from the 9th or 10th century AD. [7] [8]
Leacanabuaile is a circular stone ringfort (caiseal) of internal diameter 30 m (98 ft) with outer walls over 2 m (6 ft 7 in) high and 3.3 m (11 ft) thick. [9] Protected on three sides by steep grassy slopes, the entrance is on the east side. [10] It is built of drystone with gaps filled in with rubble. [7] [11]
Inside are three stone beehive houses and a souterrain. [12]
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