Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Bedford,clievragh,knockane (iraghticonnor By.), County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Bedford,clievragh,knockane (iraghticonnor By.)
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.46097, -9.48406
- SMR number
- KE010-044----
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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 29.4m N-S, 31m E-W
This bivallate rath has been much levelled and is barely perceptible above ground. It consists of a sub-circular raised area .4m high, enclosed by a 1m-4m wide shallow fosse and outer bank. The outer bank is 6.5m wide at the base and .5m high. N through E of this bank has been incorporated into a fieldbank.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 392. 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
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.