Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Cloonsillagh, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cloonsillagh
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.37319, -9.62367
- SMR number
- KE015-124----
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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 20m NW-SE, 29m NE-SW
This univallate rath is situated in a corner of a field, The fieldbank to the S is the townland boundary between this townland and Crotta. The site consists of a sub-circular area enclosed by a well-defined earthen bank. Traces of an exterior fosse can be noted to the N through E to S, but it is not distinguishable elsewhere due to the erection of fieldbanks. The enclosing bank is c 6m wide at the base and rises to a maximum of 1.4m externally and .6m above the interior. The external fosse which survives is c 4m wide and c .3m below the height of 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. 542. 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.