Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Lacka East (iraghticonnor By., Urlee Ed), County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lacka East (iraghticonnor By., Urlee Ed)
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.49823, -9.59261
- SMR number
- KE005-060----
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
Not marked on the 1841-42 OS map, this circular enclosure appears on the later edition in the corner of a field with a small stream running E. It does show up on the Geological Survey of Ireland aerial photographs (1974), but no surface trace can be seen today.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 300. 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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.