Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Cill Mhuire (tc An Baile Dubh),lios Na Mbóbhán, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cill Mhuire (tc An Baile Dubh),lios Na Mbóbhán
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.22154, -10.16523
- SMR number
- KE035-057----
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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
Internal diam. 21m
A circular univallate rath situated near the crest (212 feet/65m) of the low, generally level ridge which separates the lower reaches of the Owenmore and Scorid rivers. It is densely overgrown and the E half is impenetrable. The bank of earth and stones is a maximum of 1.4m high externally and 1m high internally and is 2.3m wide at base. The townland boundary wall bisects the site N-S. Two breaks in the bank at either end of the wall are probably contemporary with the construction of the latter. The original entrance may remain concealed by the dense vegetation along the E half of the enclosing bank. Curran (no.13) recorded an 'underground chamber' here.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 476. 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
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.