Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballinglanna (clanmaurice By.), County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballinglanna (clanmaurice By.)
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.42707, -9.72297
- SMR number
- KE015-010----
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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 31m N-S, 33m E-W
This site is situated four fields E of KE015-002----, and a trackway runs along the W and S side of the fort. This univallate rath consists of a circular area enclosed by a 6m wide earthen bank and a slight trace of an exterior fosse which can be noted to the NW through N to NE. The enclosing bank varies from 1.8m-4m in height externally and on average 1.8m above the interior. The surviving fosse is c3.6m wide and .6m deep; the rest was probably ploughed out during the construction of the track. The interior is at a slightly higher level than 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. 526. 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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.