Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Aughacasla North, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Aughacasla North
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.24007, -9.97832
- SMR number
- KE036-010----
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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
This site was marked on the 2nd edition of the OS map as a circular mound. The landowner, who removed the remains about 15 years ago, described it as a circular band of loose stones enclosing a square structure which resembled the foundations of a house. It was c. 10 to 15m in diameter. On the basis of this description it seems likely that it was a small cashel. The site lies c. 250m from the seashore on the level coastal plain bordering the S side of Tralee Bay.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 594. 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
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Buildingunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.