Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Kilgarvan, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilgarvan
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.50984, -9.53400
- SMR number
- KE005-058----
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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 27m N-S, 31m E-W
Situated E of KE005-057----, this sub-circular univallate rath is enclosed by a bank which, though well defined, has been fairly broken up by cattle breaks. The enclosing earthen bank rises to a maximum height of 1.7m externally and 1.2m above the interior. The interior is at a slightly higher level than the surrounding land and is somewhat overgrown. There is a local story that a souterrain leads from this site to the nearby children's burial ground (KE005-056001-) to the SW.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 290. 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
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.