Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Killahan, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killahan
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.38390, -9.70639
- SMR number
- KE015-107----
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
This large circular enclosure is marked on the 1841-42 OS map and is situated WNW of Tonaknock stone cross (878). It does not appear on the 1916 edition map and no trace survives today.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 576. 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
- Cross - High crossunder 1 mi
- Cross - High cross (present location)under 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.