Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Doon West, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Doon West
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.51626, -9.67560
- SMR number
- KE004-020----
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
No surface trace of this site remains today. However, according to Westropp (1909) 'a small earthwork or house site is marked by a high ring of "flaggers" (yellow iris). It has a shallow fosse 9 feet wide, hardly a foot deep; traces of an outer ring 6 feet to 8 feet thick, and a garth 54 feet across.'
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 219. 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
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Promontory fort - coastalunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.