Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballaghadigue, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballaghadigue
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.45899, -9.44027
- SMR number
- KE011-009----
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 44m
Situated in poorly drained land about 11m SW of a small stream, this sub-circular univallate rath is extremely overgrown and is enclosed by a low, squat earthen bank and exterior fosse. The bank is c2.6m wide, .6m above the fosse and .15m-.35m high above the interior. The external fosse is 2.5m wide and c .4m below the height of the surrounding land.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 416. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 2 August 2013
This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 2/2000).
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.