Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Carrig Island, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrig Island
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.57273, -9.49984
- SMR number
- KE002-009----
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 63m N-S
Situated on low-lying pastureland, the view from this site is extensive in all directions. Very little of this possible univallate rath survives today. N through E to SE, the enclosing bank has been completely levelled and the rest only appears as a slight rise of c .6m above the surrounding land. According to local tradition people lived in this rath during the famine period and collected shellfish and fish to survive. The landowner told of ploughing up numerous heaps of shells around this site.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 162. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 2 August 2013
Nearby in the register
- Causewayunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Religious house - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.