Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Knocknacaska, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knocknacaska
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.33982, -9.65635
- SMR number
- KE021-095----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 30.8m E-W
Situated in pastureland which is gently sloping N, this univallate ringfort has a good view in all directions. The S sector has been cut by a fieldbank running E-W and no trace of the fort survives to the S of the fieldbank. The enclosing earth and stone bank is on average 6m wide at the base and rises to 1m above the interior and 1m-3.4m above the external ground level. The interior is at a slightly higher level than the surrounding land and is gently sloping in a N direction.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 757. 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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.