Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Kilmoyly South, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilmoyly South
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.37422, -9.76488
- SMR number
- KE014-090----
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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 univallate rath consists of a circular area enclosed by a c 4.5m wide bank, which rises to 1.4m above the interior and on average 1.9m externally. An exterior fosse can be noted to the NE through N to W. It is shallow and round bottomed, measures 1.8m wide and .8m deep. It cannot be traced for the rest of the site. A 1.6m wide gap exists to the SE.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 489. 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
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- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.