Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Daars South, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Daars South
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.27673, -6.62823
- SMR number
- KD014-037----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
On a slightly raised, pasture 'headland', skirted by the N-flowing Morell River c. 150m to the E, and by a N-flowing tributary of the Morell c. 200m to the W. A circular area (int. diam. 19.5m) is defined by a low, earthen bank (Wth 1m; int H 0.3m; ext H 0.8m) and a shallow outer fosse. A causewayed entrance at the SW, noted in 1955, (SMR file) is no longer visible. Two fullachta fiaa (KD014-038---- and KD014-053----) lie c. 150m to the SSW.
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 10 June 2011
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.