Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Addergown, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Addergown
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.44534, -9.70001
- SMR number
- KE009-049----
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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 30.4m N-S, 35m E-W
This univallate stone fort is situated in the corner of a pastoral field with fieldbanks running into the enclosing bank to the NW and SE. It consists of a sub-circular area enclosed by a well-defined bank and traces of an exterior fosse. The enclosing stone-lined bank is 6.4m wide; it rises to 2m-3.8m externally and to 1.2m-2.7m above the interior. The external fosse is evident from the NW through N to E to SE, where it is 2m wide and .6m below the surrounding land. The interior is at a slightly higher level than the surrounding land and access is gained by a 2.6m wide entrance to the E.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 800. 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
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.