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Ringfort - rath

Imileá An Bhóthair (TC Márthain), County Kerry, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Imileá An Bhóthair (TC Márthain), County Kerry, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Imileá An Bhóthair (TC Márthain)
County
Kerry
Country
Ireland
Coordinates
52.15984, -10.36480
SMR number
KE042-110----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

3 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1841 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1865 · Ireland, (South) Sheet. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Internal diam. 25.9m (at least)
A univallate rath situated on the low-lying land S of Smerwick Harbour. At present the enclosure is roughly quadrant-shaped, being bounded to NE and SE by straight field fences. The original earthen enclosing bank survives only around the W half of the site. It is a maximum of 1.5m high externally and 1.15m high internally, and is c. 2m wide at base. There is a 5m wide break at SW. An external fosse, 2 to 3m wide and up to .4m deep, is traceable in the NW sector.

The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 406. 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.

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