Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Farran (clanmaurice By.), County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Farran (clanmaurice By.)
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.42385, -9.73319
- SMR number
- KE015-003----
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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 47.2m N-S, 48m E-W
Clahereen/Cathairín (little stone fort). Situated on a rise, this univallate cahir has an excellent view of the surrounding area. The site is enclosed by a well-defined earth-and-stone bank which rises to a maximum internal height of 3m and an external height of 4.8m. Originally an exterior fosse was present but this has been completely ploughed out, except for a small section SE to E, and this has been distorted by the digging of a quarry. Access to the interior is provided by a c 6m wide entrance to the E which has been widened in recent times. The interior is at a higher level than the surrounding land. 'Cave' is marked on the 1841-42 OS map, suggesting a souterrain (KE015-003001-). When first visited, the interior displayed three large house-sites, but all had been completely ploughed out when we returned to survey.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 824. 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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.