Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Killehenny, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killehenny
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.49844, -9.66641
- SMR number
- KE004-044----
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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 32m
Situated in low-lying pastoral land and lying SW of KE004-038----, this univallate rath has been divided by an earthen ridge running E-W which is possibly the remains of an old fieldbank. The circular area is delimited by a bank c 7m wide and c .5m high. The bank to the N now only appears as a rise above the surrounding land. There are three main openings E, S and W all measuring c4m in width.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 240. 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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.