Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballydonohoe, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballydonohoe
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.48218, -9.57055
- SMR number
- KE010-006----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
Internal diameter 33m N-S, 36m E-W
This circular univallate rath is cut slightly to the N by a V-shaped fieldbank. The enclosing earthen bank is on average c5m wide, 1.2m high externally and .8m above the interior. The well-defined U shaped, external fosse is 1m-4m wide and c 1m deep. The interior is at a slightly higher level than 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. 379. 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
- Megalithic tomb - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 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.