Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Guhard North, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Guhard North
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.50455, -9.54822
- SMR number
- KE005-051----
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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 44m N-S, 45m E-W
Situated on rising pastureland and immediately SE of KE005-050----, this univallate rath consists of a circular area enclosed by an earthen bank. A slight trace of an exterior fosse can be noted to the N. The external height of the bank is 1.2m and the internal height is .7m. The width of the bank at the base is 6m. The fosse is 1m wide and 1m deep. The interior is at a higher level than the surrounding land and is very overgrown.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 280. 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
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.