Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - ditch barrow
Rahavanig, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rahavanig
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.52927, -9.63023
- SMR number
- KE004-069----
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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
Cropmark of possible ditch-barrow identified by Dr Séamus Ó Murchú and described as; 'In rough pasture proposed for afforestation. Visible as circular earthwork in pasture/ rough pasture field in modern aerial imagery clear of scrub. Visible some 65m to the west of the previously unrecorded Ringfort This feature measures c. 15m in diameter and appears to be defined by an earthen bank. It is best visible on the 2013 to 2018 Mapgenie aerial imagery but is also evident on the 1996 to 2000 MapGenie aerial imagery'.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Dr Séamus Ó Murchú
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 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.