Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Knoppoge (clanmaurice By.), County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knoppoge (clanmaurice By.)
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.47803, -9.67047
- SMR number
- KE009-011----
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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 29m
Situated between two fields, this circular univallate rath is touched S, NE and NW by fieldbanks. The enclosing bank is earth and stone in morphology and is on average 4.6m wide. The exterior height of the bank reaches a maximum of 2.2m, and rises to 1m above the interior. The external fosse can be seen for most of the site, except to the N to NE where it is not distinguishable. Elsewhere it is c 1.8m wide and .7m below the height of the surrounding land. A 2m wide gap to the W provides access to the interior, which is at a slightly higher level than the surrounding land. In the E sector the interior of the bank is stone faced for 4.2m.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 355. 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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.