Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Barrack, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Barrack
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.24795, -10.06114
- SMR number
- KE035-020----
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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
A 'small fort', recorded here on fairly level ground c. 750m S of Brandon Bay (CKFC 1945, 605), was levelled about 10 years ago (local information). It abutted the N side of the townland boundary, and the landowner described it as a circular heap of stones with a small cave inside. The field club also mentioned 'a warren of souterrains'. The stony nature of the debris from the site suggests that it was probably a cashel.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 638. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 7 August 2013
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Rock artunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.