Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Dooncaha, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dooncaha
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.54845, -9.39857
- SMR number
- KE003-039----
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 23m
This site is slightly cut on the SW side by a fieldbank running in a NW-SE direction. This circular area is enclosed by a low earthen bank. The bank survives to a height of .8m externally and .5m internally. The width of the bank at the base measures on average 5m.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 180. 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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.