Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Rahavanig, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rahavanig
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.53141, -9.63236
- SMR number
- KE004-010----
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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 36m
Rathfinnoge/Ráth an Mhianaigh (ringfort of the mine). Situated in the corner of a large field, the land immediately surrounding this site is boggy and used for rough grazing. This circular univallate rath is enclosed by an earthen bank and exterior fosse. The bank has been slightly cut to the W by a fieldbank running NNW-SSE. The enclosing bank is on average 1.3m high externally and .8m above the interior. On average the width of the bank at the base measures 5.3m. An external fosse is evident from the NE through E to SW. It measures c 2m wide and .7m below the height of the surrounding land. Three gaps appear in the bank to the E, SW and NW measuring 3m, 2.6m and 2m respectively.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 244. 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
- Barrow - ditch barrowunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.