Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Knockburrane, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockburrane
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.38829, -9.57728
- SMR number
- KE016-047----
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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 c. 40m N-S, c. 41.6m E-W
This circular enclosure is marked on the 1841-42 and 1914-15 OS maps. It also shows up quite clearly on the Geological Survey of Ireland's aerial photographs (1974). This site has been levelled and is barely visible above the ground, though due to the different vegetation colours certain measurements can be taken. This possible bivallate rath consists of a circular inner area enclosed by an earthen bank, which is traceable from the NW through N to E to SE; it is 3.5m-5m wide. A fosse would appear to enclose this bank and ranges from 7m-12m in width. The outer bank can be traced for most of the site, except to the S to W, and is c 4m wide. A field ditch cuts the N sector of this site in an E-W 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. 630. 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
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.