Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballymacandrew South, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballymacandrew South
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.37817, -9.75980
- SMR number
- KE015-091----
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 46m E-W
Situated SE of KE015-090----, the view from this site is excellent in all directions. This univallate rath was much levelled about ten years ago, but it can still be distinguished on the landscape. It consists of a sub-circular area raised c1m above the surrounding land. It is cut to the N by a fieldbank running E-W. The reason the fort was levelled was because gold was believed to be buried beneath it, but none was found.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 533. 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.