Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Finuge, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Finuge
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.42897, -9.52359
- SMR number
- KE010-068----
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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 21m N-S, 25m E-W
Lisnagrave/Lios na gCraobh (ringfort of the bushes). Marked on both editions of the OS maps, this univallate rath is now much levelled and all that remains today is a circular area enclosed by a low earthen bank. The enclosing bank ranges from 9m-11m in width at its base and it rises .4m-.8m high.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 407. 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
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 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.