Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Kilcock Upper, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilcock Upper
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.52291, -9.56878
- SMR number
- KE005-026----
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
Internal diameter 28.4m N-S, 29.6m E-W
Situated in the corner of a field, this site is bounded to the N and W by fieldbanks. This univallate rath consists of a sub-circular interior enclosed by an earthen bank 4m wide, raised 1.6m above the fosse and c .9m above the interior. The enclosing fosse measures 2m in width and .5m below the height of the surrounding land. Two main gaps exist in the bank NE and SSE, measuring 3m and 2.6m in width 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. 287. 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
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.