Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballynoneen, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynoneen
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.53506, -9.58389
- SMR number
- KE005-093----
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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 30m N-S, 23.6m E-W
The views from this site are extensive in all directions. Today this univallate rath has been much distorted, and a small stream now runs through it. To the W of the stream a semi-circular area is enclosed by an earthen bank and fosse. On the E side of this area there is a fall of 4.7m to the bed of the stream. The bank survives to a maximum height of 2.6m externally and 1m above the interior. An enclosing fosse exists to the N and SW; it is steep and wide, measuring 2.4m wide and 1m deep.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 264. 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
- Enclosureunder 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.