Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballyreehan West, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyreehan West
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.37575, -9.61142
- SMR number
- KE016-068----
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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 34.4m N-S, 22m E-W
This univallate rath is situated in low-lying pastureland and a good view is afforded in all directions. It consists of a circular area enclosed by a well-defined earthen bank and a slight trace of an exterior fosse. The enclosing bank is touched on the NW and SSE by a fieldbank. The enclosing bank is 5m in width at the base and rises to a maximum of 1.8m high externally and 1.2m internally. An exterior fosse can be noted to the NW through W to SW, where it is c 1.6m wide and c .8m deep. Access to the interior is gained by two openings to the S and SE, measuring 5m and 2m respectively. The interior is at a higher level than the surrounding land, and contained in the N sector is a mound (KE016-068001-) which curves into the interior of the bank. It is c 4m N-S, and c 6m E-W.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 619. 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
- Moundunder 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.