Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Rahoneen, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rahoneen
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.32624, -9.81041
- SMR number
- KE020-049----
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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 53m N-S, 59m E-W
Lisnaweenoch/Lios na Muimhneach, ringfort of the Munstermen. This rath is situated in the corner of a pastoral field. The W bank is cut by a fieldbank running N-S and two fieldbanks run into the SE corner. This univallate rath is sub-rectangular in plan. The enclosing earthen bank rises to a maximum height of 3m externally, 1.6m internally and 7m in width at the base. A wide exterior fosse surrounds this bank, measuring 3m in maximum width and 1m below the surrounding land. Situated in the centre of the interior is a possible house -site (KE020-049001-), oval shaped and constructed of stone. It measures 19m N-S and 22m E-W externally. The width of the bank measures c 3m, the external height of the bank measures .6m, while the internal height measures .4m-.6m. In the NW sector of the interior of this house-site is a small depression, 4m x 3.5m.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 700. 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
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.