Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Shrone East, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Shrone East
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.47512, -9.50986
- SMR number
- KE010-027----
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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 36m N-S, 37m E-W
Situated on gently sloping pastureland, this univallate rath consists of a sub-circular area enclosed by a bank and external fosse. The enclosing earthen bank has a steeper, sloped appearance on the exterior side; it rises to a maximum of 2.2m high externally and to an average of .7m above the internal area. Surrounding most of the site is an external fosse, U shaped, 2m-3m wide and .5m deep. Numerous cattle breaks exist in the bank, but there would appear to be an entrance to the S which is c 10m in width. Projecting out of the exterior of the W and NW bank are two earthen banks, c 4m in width and .6m high, which travel W for a maximum of 9m until they touch the fieldbank running N-S.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 415. 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.