Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Doon East, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Doon East
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.52476, -9.65808
- SMR number
- KE004-016----
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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 41m N-S, 33m E-W
Situated in the corner of a field, it is fairly overgrown with briars and rushes. A fieldbank runs N-S along the E side and another fieldbank runs E-W along the S side. This univallate rath consists of an oval area enclosed by a well-defined earthen bank and exterior fosse. The maximum external height of the bank measures 2.6m and the interior height 1.6m. The width of the bank measures c 4m. The fosse is U-shaped and measures 3m wide and c 1m deep. A 4m wide gap appears to the NE.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 217. 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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 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.