Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballyreehan East, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyreehan East
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.37481, -9.59619
- SMR number
- KE016-071----
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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. 48m N-S, 41m E-W
This site is situated NE of KE016-070----, in the corner of the same field. It has been cut along the S and E side by fieldbanks, though a small section of the enclosing bank can be distinguished S of the fieldbank. The enclosing bank, much levelled and fairly broken up, is c 10m-14m wide and .8m high. In the centre of the interior is a raised oval shape, 8m N-S, 6m E-W and .6m high. It has a very gradual slope and is cut on the S side by the fieldbank running 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. 618. 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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- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.