Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Acres (iraghticonnor By.), County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Acres (iraghticonnor By.)
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.56815, -9.60332
- SMR number
- KE002-015----
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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 37m N-S, 30m E-W
Situated in gently sloping pastureland, this site has an extensive view of the Shannon estuary. It consists of a sub-circular area enclosed by an earthen bank with a fosse to be noted to the NW through N to E. The enclosing bank is best preserved to the S- SE, where it measures 2m externally and 1.6m above the interior, the width of the bank at the base varying between 5m-8m. A flat-bottomed fosse can be traced from the NW through N to E, where it measures 3m in width and .6m below the surrounding land. Two gaps to the ESE and WSW provide access to the interior, both measuring 1.2m in width.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 151. 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
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.