Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Rathea, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathea
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.38612, -9.50730
- SMR number
- KE016-061----
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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 31m E-W
This sub-circular enclosure is not marked on the 1841-42 OS map, but it does appear on the 1914-15 edition. Today it is much levelled and is barely perceptible on the landscape. A possible bivallate rath, it is situated in a small rectangular marshy field. The enclosing earthen bank is c 4.9m wide and rises to c .6m high. The outer earthen bank is only visible for a tiny section to the E where it is also c 4.9m wide. An external fosse is visible at this point and is 1.2m wide.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 652. 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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.