Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Knockaunatee, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockaunatee
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Outlined
- Coordinates
- 52.25576, -9.42826
- SMR number
- KE031-018----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Ringfort and hut site (KE031-018001-) surveyed in 1987 by the Castleisland District Archaeological Survey and described as follows; 'In the NW corner of a field in pastureland which slopes very steeply down south to a narrow stream which is running in an E-W direction. The monument is a sub-circular area well scarped up on the downslope to the south while the northern half is defined by an earthen bank. A fosse survives to the W and N. The entire monument including the interior is heavily overgrown making it difficult to examine. The interior despite the scarping up falls steeply to the south. Towards the centre of the interior is the remains of a stone walled circular hut site. The only possible entrance noticeable is a break in the scarp to the south 2.5m wide'.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 5 April 2022
Nearby in the register
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.