Ballinknockane
Native name
Irish: Baile an Chnocáin[1]
Ballinknockane is located in Ireland
Ballinknockane
Location of Ballinknockane in Ireland
Typecillín, souterrain, hut sites
EtymologyIrish: "settlement of the little hill"
LocationBallinknockane, Kilquane, County Kerry
Coordinates52°14′00″N 10°17′53″W / 52.233438°N 10.298012°W / 52.233438; -10.298012
Built5th–8th centuries
Ownerstate[2]
Official nameBallinknockane
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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

  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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