Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Knoppoge North, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knoppoge North
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.47113, -9.66096
- SMR number
- KE009-017----
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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 43m N-S, 43m E-W
Situated on a rise, with excellent views in all directions, this circular univallate rath is bounded to the N by a trackway running E-W. The enclosing bank is on average c 6m wide and 1.8m high externally and 1.2m above the interior. To the NE, the bank would appear to be constructed of earth and stone. N to NE the bank is much higher externally than in other parts, rising to 3m due to the trackway running alongside the fort. The interior, except to the N, is at much the same level as the surrounding land.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 358. 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
- Road - road/trackwayunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 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.