Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - unclassified
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
- 52.52936, -9.62891
- SMR number
- KE004-070----
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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
Possible ringfort cropmark 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 on the 1995 Mapgenie aerial imagery, 1996 to 2000 MapGenie aerial imagery, 2001 – 2005 Mapgenie aerial imagery, 2006 to 2012 MapGenie aerial imagery (best), 2011 to 2013 Mapgenie aerial imagery and 2013 to 2018 Mapgenie aerial imagery. The previously unrecorded Ringfort measures c. 35m in diameter (NW – SE) and appears to be defined by a levelled earthen bank and an external fosse. The feature is consistently visible to varying degrees across all editions of the available modern aerial imagery'.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Dr Séamus Ó Murchú
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - ditch barrowunder 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.