Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Clashmelcon, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Clashmelcon
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.46357, -9.73511
- SMR number
- KE009-029----
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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 33m N-S, 31m E-W
This bivallate rath is touched by a fieldbank to the SW and SE. Immediately NW is a small pond. This site consists of a circular area enclosed by a well-defined inner bank, fosse and outer bank. The inner bank is c 7m wide and rises to a maximum of 3.6m externally and 2.2m above the interior. The fosse and outer bank can only be distinguished NNE to E, the fosse measuring 2m in width. The outer bank is low and wide and measures 7m in width and .9m high. In the S to SW sector of the interior, there is a raised platform area .8m high. Contained within this raised area is a depression 1.4m x 4m. Since 'cave' is marked on the 1841-42 and 1915-16 OS maps, this is possibly the remains of the souterrain (KE009-029001-),. Two main gaps appear in the bank, one to the W which is 2.6m wide and the other to the SE which is 2m wide, both providing access to 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. 344. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 2 August 2013
This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 3/2008).
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.