Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Rathkenny, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathkenny
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.33081, -9.72715
- SMR number
- KE021-082----
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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 could not be taken
This univallate rath is marked on the 1841-42 and 1898 OS maps, though on the later edition the N through E to S side of the bank would appear to be incorporated into a fieldbank. This site has been completely levelled, but the outline of the enclosing bank can be clearly seen as a soil mark on the ground.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 777. 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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.