Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Killomeerhoe, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killomeerhoe
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.51067, -9.57948
- SMR number
- KE005-042----
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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 23m N-S, 13.4m E-W
Situated on rising land, this site has a commanding view of the surrounding countryside. This univallate rath is roughly D-shaped and is enclosed to the N through W to S by a wide, steep fosse. The enclosing earthen bank is raised .4m above the interior and 1.7m above the fosse. The fosse measures 3m in width and 1m below the height of the surrounding land and curves into the S exterior end of the enclosing bank. About 22m E is an earthen arc bank that contains a gap 11m in width. This bank curves in towards the main section. This outer protecting bank is 3.6m in width and .6m in height. The interior of the site slopes S with the land and is at a higher level than the surrounding land. Two lines of ridges running in a N-S direction lie in the interior.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 293. 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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.