Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Sackville, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Sackville
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.33451, -9.77079
- SMR number
- KE020-045----
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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 39m N-S, 38m E-W
This bivallate rath is situated in the corner of a large pastoral field, and an extensive view is afforded in all directions. It consists of a circular area enclosed by two banks and an intervening fosse. The inner enclosing earthen bank rises to a maximum of 1.6m above the interior and 2.8m above the fosse. The fosse is well defined and on average 3.2m wide. The outer bank is not as well preserved as the inner bank, though it is still quite distinguishable. It rises to an average of 1.4m above the fosse and 1.8m above the external ground level. A c 4m wide entrance exists in the inner bank to the N, though there is no corresponding gap in the outer bank. The overall diameter of this site is 76m both N-S and 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. 709. 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
- Religious house - Franciscan friarsunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.