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

Ballinknockane
Native name
Baile an Chnocáin[1] (Irish)
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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Location

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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

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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

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  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.