Ballinknockane

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Ballinknockane
Native name
Irish: Baile an Chnocáin [1]
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Location of Ballinknockane in Ireland
Type cillín, souterrain, hut sites
Etymology Irish: "settlement of the little hill"
LocationBallinknockane, Kilquane, County Kerry
Coordinates 52°14′00″N10°17′53″W / 52.233438°N 10.298012°W / 52.233438; -10.298012 Coordinates: 52°14′00″N10°17′53″W / 52.233438°N 10.298012°W / 52.233438; -10.298012
Built5th–8th centuries
Ownerstate [2]
Official nameBallinknockane
Reference no.221

Ballinknockane is the location of a National Monument in County Kerry, Ireland. [3]

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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:

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References

  1. ↑ "Baile an Chnocáin/Ballinknockane". Logainm.ie.
  2. ↑ National Monuments in State Care: Ownership & Guardianship (PDF). National Monuments Service. 4 March 2009. p. 1. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  3. ↑ 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. ISBN   9780717107582 – via Internet Archive. Ballinknockane.
  4. ↑ 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. ISBN   9781841710624 – via Google Books.
  5. ↑ Clinton, Mark (13 October 2018). The Souterrains of Ireland. Wordwell. ISBN   9781869857493 – via Google Books.


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