Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Kilmore (clanmaurice By.), County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilmore (clanmaurice By.)
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.47585, -9.70665
- SMR number
- KE009-005----
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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 26.4m N-S, 27.5m E-W
The circular univallate ringfort is situated two fields E of KE009-004---- and a bohareen runs immediately W. The enclosing earth and stone bank is 5m wide and rises to a maximum of 1.2m externally and .8m above the interior. A 4.4m wide gap to the SE provides access to the interior, which is at a higher level than the surrounding land. Immediately inside the entrance is a large, fairly wet area. In the NW sector is a semi-circular area (KE009-005001-) which is curved inwards towards the bank; the enclosing bank is 2.8m wide and .6m high. Extending from the ringfort c 4m NE are the possible remains of a hut site (KE009-006----) measuring 6.5m E-W internally. It consists of a circular area enclosed by a bank, 2.5m-3.5m wide, which rises to a height of c 1m. A 2m wide gap to the SE provides an opening into the interior.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 353. 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
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.