Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Guhard North, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Guhard North
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.50301, -9.54628
- SMR number
- KE005-052----
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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 39m N-S, 35m E-W
Situated SE of KE005-050---- & KE005-051----, it is situated on rising land which is gently sloping S. This univallate rath, now much levelled, consists of a sub-circular area enclosed by an earthen bank. On the E side a gate has been incorporated into the bank and immediately E of this is a fieldbank and a small stream running N-S. Externally, the height of the bank ranges from .7m-1.6m and internally is .7m. On average the width of the bank at the base measures 6.7m. The opening to the E is 4m wide.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 281. 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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.