Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Kilcooly North, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilcooly North
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.38474, -9.73532
- SMR number
- KE015-070----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 51m N-S and E-W
Situated one field NE of KE015-096---- in a freshly ploughed field, this site has a good view in all directions. This univallate rath is almost completely ploughed out, but can still be distinguished by the different colours in the soil. It consists of a circular area enclosed by an earthen bank which is low and wide; though ploughed, it still rises to a height of .3m.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 573. 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
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.