Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Kilmeany, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilmeany
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.43060, -9.38754
- SMR number
- KE011-039----
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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
This circular enclosure is marked on the 1841-42 OS map with a fieldbank running along its S to SW bank. It does not appear on the later edition and no surface trace remains today.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 429. 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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.