Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Knockglass More, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockglass More
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.22760, -9.89335
- SMR number
- KE037-016----
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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. 18m
Lissabranner/Lios an Bhranair: A circular enclosure, situated on a S facing slope overlooking Tralee Bay. The enclosing wall measures 1.5m in height and .8m in width and is similar in construction to adjacent field boundaries. The lack of an entrance gap, and the presence of mortar in places, suggests that the wall has been re-built in modern times, at least in part, and it is possible that the wall is entirely modern, though following the line of an earlier cashel. The interior is occupied by a small plantation of sycamore trees.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 582. 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
- Rock art (present location)under 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.