Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Rusheen (ir .by.), County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rusheen (ir .by.)
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.55933, -9.47685
- SMR number
- KE002-047----
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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 36m N-S, 30m E-W
This univallate rath is situated on a rise, and the view from this site is excellent in all directions. Immediately S lies Ballylongford Creek, which flows into Ballylongford or Moovoagh Bay. The enclosing earthen bank is best preserved to the W through N to E; elsewhere it appears as a rise above the surrounding land. The exterior height measures a maximum of 2.2m, and the internal 1.4m; the width of the bank at the base is 8m. A slight fosse is to be noted N through W to S. It measures 3m in width and c .4m below the height of the surrounding land. A fieldbank c 4m from the enclosing bank encircles the N to E area.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 173. 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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical siteunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Religious house - Franciscan friarsunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.