Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Knockane (clanmaurice By.), County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockane (clanmaurice By.)
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.39825, -9.84403
- SMR number
- KE014-059----
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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 c. 65m N-S, 65m E-W
Situated in the corner of a field NE of KE014-058----, this site has an excellent view of the surrounding land. The enclosing stone bank has been incorporated into the fieldbank to the NW through W to S. Elsewhere it is on average 8m wide at the base and rises to 1m externally and 1.2m internally. In the interior are a series of beehive huts and a souterrain. 'Cave' is marked on the 1842 OS map.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 820. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 3 August 2013
Nearby in the register
- Clochanunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.