Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Addergown, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Addergown
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.44457, -9.68718
- SMR number
- KE009-050----
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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 40.5m N-S
Caherbuckaun/Cathair Bhocáin (stonefort of Bocán - personal name). This site is situated in the corner of a pastoral field, and a stream lies to the E. SE of this site lies a univallate cahir (KE009-051----). It consists of a circular area enclosed by a well-defined stone-lined bank, which rises to c 2m externally and 1.2m internally. Access to the interior is obtained by an entrance to the E, which was originally stone lined. The interior is at a higher level than the surrounding land and is gently sloping E. 'Caves' are marked on the 1841-42 OS map and in the centre of the interior is a sub-circular area, 21.7m N-S and 14.8m E-W. This is possibly the remains of the souterrain feature (KE009-050001-) .
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 801. 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
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.