Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Coolkeragh, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coolkeragh
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.47828, -9.51170
- SMR number
- KE010-020----
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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 28m
This extremely overgrown univallate rath consists of a circular area enclosed by a bank and an exterior fosse. The enclosing earthen bank is on average; 6m wide at the base, 1.4m high above the fosse and .3m-1m above the interior. The external fosse is shallow and varies from .7m-2.8m wide and c .7m deep. It is best preserved to the N to NE, whereas it cannot be distinguished from the NE through S to W.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 394. 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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Fortificationunder 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.