Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Baile Ghainín, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Baile Ghainín
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.21746, -10.32853
- SMR number
- KE034-053----
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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 diam. 20.8m.
A univallate rath situated on a very gentle S facing slope about 150m N of the Feohanagh river. The interior is raised above the level of the surrounding field so that, though the enclosing bank rises only slightly above the interior, it is c. 1.25m high externally. The enclosure is located at the junction of 3 fields, and for most of its circumference the bank is faced externally with drystone walling which may be secondary. The N portion of the bank is obscured by vegetation but appears to consist of a stone wall c. 1m high. A blocked-up entrance gap occurs at E.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 322. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 6 August 2013
Nearby in the register
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.