Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Gleann Na Huamha (bar. Corca Dhuibhne, Baile Dubh), County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gleann Na Huamha (bar. Corca Dhuibhne, Baile Dubh)
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.22493, -10.12568
- SMR number
- KE035-069----
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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on a gentle NW facing slope, this site was shown as a circular enclosure on the 1st edition of the OS map and named 'Fort' on the Fair Plan. It was not noted on the 2nd edition. It consists of a roughly circular, grass-grown mound with a slightly depressed upper surface. It measures 12.8m x 10.9m at base and c. 8m x 9m across its upper surface. The upper edge rises 1.37m above the level of the surrounding field and c. 0.43m above the central depression. The mound appears to be composed of earth and stones. The latter are exposed along the steep N edge of the cairn but do not appear to form a regular facing. Another very slight mound is traceable 56m to SW. Its outline is only vaguely discernible but it appears to be roughly circular and about 10m in diameter.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 224. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 4 August 2013
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 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.