Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
An Gorta Dubha, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- An Gorta Dubha
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.17539, -10.42859
- SMR number
- KE042-039----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 2 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 not noted on the OS maps but is known locally as a lios. It has not been extant within living memory. The site is marked by a raised area, about 27m in diameter and .3 to .4m high, now divided by a N-S field fence. A small mound near its E edge may simply be field clearance debris.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 698. 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
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.