Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Coolnaleen Lower, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coolnaleen Lower
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.42953, -9.50833
- SMR number
- KE010-074----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 29m E-W
This univallate rath has been very much levelled, and all that remains today is a crescent-shaped raised area .7m high. Slight traces of a bank are to be noted to the E and SW, where it is c 11m wide and .5m high, albeit barely perceptible. During drainage work through the centre of this rath, burnt stones and charcoal were uncovered, plus the possible timber trough remains of a fulacht fiadh (52).
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 395. 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
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Burnt spreadunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.