Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Coolnaleen Lower, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coolnaleen Lower
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.42832, -9.50646
- SMR number
- KE010-075----
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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 N-S, 27m E-W
Situated SE of KE010-074----, in a large pastoral field, this univallate rath is in a poor state of preservation. It consists of a circular area enclosed by an earthen bank 3.4m-6m wide, 1m high externally and .6m-1.2m above the interior. Numerous cattle breaks and gaps exist in the bank. Extending from the SSE sector is a low straight bank running E, possibly the remains of an old 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. 396. 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
- Fulacht fiaunder 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.