Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballyduhig, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyduhig
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.41243, -9.49767
- SMR number
- KE016-027----
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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 38.4m N-S, 44.4m E-W
Situated on sloping pastureland, this site has an excellent view in all directions. This univallate rath has been much levelled and survives today as a sub-circular raised area c .5m high. Slight traces of an exterior fosse can be noted N to E and to the SW, ranging 1.5m-4m wide and .4m deep. A track cuts through this site along the W sector in a NW-SE direction.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 603. 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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.