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Ringfort - rath

Shanaway East, County Kerry, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Shanaway East, County Kerry, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Shanaway East
County
Kerry
Country
Ireland
Coordinates
52.55232, -9.35876
SMR number
KE003-044----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Internal diameter 23m N-S, 19m E-W
This univallate ringfort is situated in an arable field and on slightly rising land, so the view is extensive in all directions. The site consists of an oval area enclosed by an earthen bank. To the NE through N to W only the bank survives, as a rise of 2.4m above the surrounding land. Elsewhere the bank has an exterior height of 1m and measures .4m above the interior. A slight fosse is to be noted SE to E and measures 2m wide and .5m deep.

The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 195. 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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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