Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Garrynagore, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Garrynagore
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.36795, -9.63734
- SMR number
- KE021-034----
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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 36.6m N-S, 38m E-W
This circular univallate ringfort is enclosed by a well defined bank of earth and stone. The enclosing bank is on average 7.5m wide at the base; it rises to 2.5m above the interior and 3.7m above the external ground level. The interior is at much the same level as the surrounding land and the entrance, which is 8m wide, would appear to lie to the E. In the N sector of the interior is a slight depression, which would appear to be an entrance/exit to a possible souterrain (KE021-034001-).
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 749. 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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.