Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballynoneen, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynoneen
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.54440, -9.58427
- SMR number
- KE002-051----
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 27m
This site is situated on a rise with extensive views of the surrounding countryside. Very little remains of this possible univallate enclosure and the S and E sectors have been completely levelled. The remaining semi-circular enclosing bank rises to a height of 1m externally and 1m internally. The width of the bank at the base measures 4m.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 158. 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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.