The Giants Ring in Kenmare
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To the Lawrence Collection this morning and to "The Giants Ring", Kenmare, Co. Kerry. It is not easy to pick it out due to the more modern construction dominating the foreground but there appears to be a ring of ancient stones as the feature?
As Niall McAuley points out, the construction date of Kenmare Stone Circle itself (c.2500-1000 BC) doesn't really help with dating this image :) Niall's investigations on the nearby/visible houses however suggest that this image dates from after 1874. Helping narrow the catalogue range by a decade (to c.1874-1914). The lime kiln, on the left, was apparently part of a nearby quarry. The more modern landscaping and planting around the circle give it a much more lush and enclosed feel today...
Photographer: Robert French
Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection
Date: Catalogue range c.1865-1914. Likely after 1874 (houses)
NLI Ref: L_CAB_06498
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As Niall McAuley points out, the construction date of Kenmare Stone Circle itself (c.2500-1000 BC) doesn't really help with dating this image :) Niall's investigations on the nearby/visible houses however suggest that this image dates from after 1874. Helping narrow the catalogue range by a decade (to c.1874-1914). The lime kiln, on the left, was apparently part of a nearby quarry. The more modern landscaping and planting around the circle give it a much more lush and enclosed feel today...
Photographer: Robert French
Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection
Date: Catalogue range c.1865-1914. Likely after 1874 (houses)
NLI Ref: L_CAB_06498
You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Rory_Sherlock
Indicated but not named on the OSI 25" map: maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V2,490651,570775,12,9 The lime kiln in this photo is marked to the NE of the stone circle. www.theringofkerry.com/kenmare-stone-circle
domenico milella
Congratulation for your beautiful Album.
Niall McAuley
Google photosphere.
Niall McAuley
Link hostile entry in the NIAH says: Description: In level pasture, on the SW outskirts of Kenmare town and centrally placed within a multiple-stone circle (KE093-032001-). A rounded boulder with a flattish top (2.1m x 1.8m; T 0.8m) rests above three support-stones, which form a small chamber-like arrangement open at E. Support-stones are of rather similar dimensions, averaging 0.9m x 0.6m and 0.2m H. The boulder rests directly on the stones at N and S, and on a small pad-stone above the support-stone at W. There is a small cupmark on the upper surface of the boulder. (Ó Nualláin 1978, 96, no. 36)
Niall McAuley
Holy Cross church no help, dates from 1863.
John A. Coffey
An Neidin.
Niall McAuley
Likewise the Poor Clare's convent with its cupola.
Niall McAuley
I think these houses from 1874 are present, and these ones from 1880 are not.
Niall McAuley
Certainly after 1874, those 1880 ones are a bit less certain.
O Mac
Rare to see working lime kiln. A crack had developed as there's a steel band around it holding it together. maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V2,490701,570856,11,9
Niall McAuley
The circle itself is unfortunately a bit too old to help with dating the photograph, being between 3000 and 4000 years old (approx!).
guliolopez
Though I've visited this stone circle many times, it seems almost unrecognisable here. The current "garden" feel (as evidenced by the various photospheres) seems so different from the karst feel in this Lawrence shot. I never even realised there was a quarry or kiln nearby.
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Thanks all - https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected] for confirmation of location, and https://www.flickr.com/photos/gnmcauley in particlular for the input on the date. Much appreciated. Have a great weekend all!