Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Carhoonakineely, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carhoonakineely
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.57520, -9.42661
- SMR number
- KE003-006----
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 29m N-S
Immediately NE lies a disused house and shed, the shed cutting the site on the NE side. This univallate rath survives only as a slight rise enclosing a sub-circular 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. 178. 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
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ogham stoneunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.