Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballynaboul, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynaboul
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.24391, -9.47584
- SMR number
- KE040-004----
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
Monument described in 1985 by the Castleisland District Archaeological Survey as a levelled univallate ringfort situated on S facing slope. Outline of levelled monument consists of a circular shaped area (diam. 26) enclosed by low rise of ground. Faint outline of levelled monument visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13.
See attached Google Earth orthoimages
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 25 April 2022
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Burnt spreadunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.