Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballylahiff, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballylahiff
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.33946, -9.71491
- SMR number
- KE021-086----
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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 32m N-S, 32m E-W
This bivallate rath is situated in the corner of a pastoral field. It has been much levelled and is barely discernible above the ground. It consists of a circular area enclosed by two earthen banks and an intervening fosse. The inner enclosing bank is on average 9m wide at the base and it rises to an average of 1.1m above the interior and 1.2m above the fosse. A slight break c 3m wide can be noticed in the bank at the SE. The width of the fosse ranges from .8m-1.2m above the external ground level. The overall diameter of this site is 65m N-S and 66m 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. 733. 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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.