Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Aghamore South, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Aghamore South
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.38985, -9.71495
- SMR number
- KE015-072----
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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
Situated in a corner of a field, the land to the N through E to S is marshy, the rest is pastoral. Ballymacaquim Castle (KE015-110----) can be seen to the S. This site consists of a circular area enclosed by a 4m wide well-defined earthen bank and an exterior fosse. The enclosing bank varies from 1.2m-l .8m in height externally and 1.2m above the interior. The exterior fosse is slightly cut N to W by a fieldbank and would appear to have been deepened for drainage purposes. It is 2m-4.4m wide and .8m deep. 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. 513. 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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.