Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballyline West, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyline West
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.53329, -9.48399
- SMR number
- KE005-023----
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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 33m N-S, 32m E-W
This site is situated on slightly rising pastureland with good views in all directions. The Ballyline River runs SW of the site. The site consists of a circular area enclosed by an earthen bank and exterior fosse. The enclosing bank is best preserved to the E and S and measures a maximum height of 1.6m externally and .7m above the interior. The width of the bank at the base measures 4m. Except from the NE to E, a slight flat-bottomed fosse 2m wide and c .6m deep is evident. Three gaps in the bank to the E, SSE and SSW measure 4m, 5m and c 4m respectively.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 260. 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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.