Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ardagh (clanmaurice By.), County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ardagh (clanmaurice By.)
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.44838, -9.73617
- SMR number
- KE009-045----
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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 34m N-S, 32m E-W
This circular univallate rath is enclosed by a well- defined bank that rises to a maximum height of 2.8m externally and 2.2m above the interior. Two main gaps appear in the bank: one to the N c 2.5m wide and one to the S c 2m wide. In the centre of the interior there is a small depression, 3.6m x 3.6m, and this could suggest the collapsed remains of a souterrain (KE009-045001-) possibly connected to the souterrain remains that were located a few metres E in the same field (1120).
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 336. 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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.