Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Faha (iraghticonnor By.), County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Faha (iraghticonnor By.)
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.54753, -9.66615
- SMR number
- KE001-039----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Internal diameter 20m N-S, 21m E-W
Lissahope/Lios a Cóig (fort of the host). This circular univallate rath is situated immediately W of (KE001-040----) and NE of (KE001-038----). The enclosing earthen bank is low and wide, measuring 1.3m externally, .6m internally and 5m in width. To the N and SE the bank only appears as a slight rise above the surrounding land.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 129. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 2 August 2013
References
ASIAP - Archaeological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1996 - c. 2010).
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.