Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Cathair Coinn, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cathair Coinn
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.17017, -10.39922
- SMR number
- KE042-050----
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 titled 'Cahir (site of)' on the Fair Plan and described in the OSNB (Dunurlin, 47) as 'a circular fort about 2 chains (c. 40m) in diameter of earth and now ruined to the ground'. It was not marked on the published editions of the OS map. No visible trace now survives. It was situated on a gentle N facing slope overlooking Smerwick Harbour. In 1966, a souterrain was discovered about 100m to NNW (KE042-048----).
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 644. 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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Clochanunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.