Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballymacandrew South, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballymacandrew South
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.37017, -9.75513
- SMR number
- KE015-102----
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 32m N-S, 33m E-W
Situated immediately N of a road which runs in an E-W direction, this univallate rath lies on low-lying land. It consists of a circular area enclosed by a well-defined earthen bank and exterior fosse. The enclosing bank rises to a maximum of 2.6m above the interior and 3.4m above the fosse. The average width of the bank at its base is 7m. The U-shaped external fosse is now very waterlogged and is 1.8m wide and 1.2m below the height of the surrounding land. A 7.4m wide gap exists to the W and provides access to the interior, which is at a slightly higher level than the surrounding land. Contained within the interior are small mounds which could suggest either house -sites (KE015-102002-) or souterrain (KE015-102001-) remains.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 536. 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
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.