Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Kilpaddoge, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilpaddoge
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.57502, -9.39605
- SMR number
- KE003-010----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
Internal diameter 26m N-S, 39m E-W
This bivallate rath lies NE of KE003-009----. It consists of an oval inner area enclosed by a well-defined inner bank, fosse and barely distinguishable outer bank. The exterior height of the outer bank measures .5m and .5m above the fosse which is 2m in width. The exterior height of the inner bank varies .4m-1.7m above the fosse and on average 1.1m above the interior. A c 5m wide gap to the SE provides access to the interior. In the W sector of the interior there is a small mound of stones c 2m x 2m which, according to the landowner, covers a souterrain (KE003-010001-).
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 188. 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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.