Ringfort - rath

The National Monuments Service's description

Internal diam. 20.4m N-S, 23.1m E-W
A univallate rath situated on the W side of Dingle Harbour, in fairly level pastureland about 125m from Owenlisaduneela stream. The circular interior is enclosed by a single bank, with faint traces of a fosse along the S sector. The latter is only a few cms deep and c. 1.5m wide. The bank is .9 to 1.61m high internally, 1.45 to 1.9m high externally and 1.34 to 1.81m wide at base. For most of its circumference it is revetted internally and externally with poorly-constructed drystone walling, and section of the bank in the W sector has been reduced to a low mound now overlain by a wall entirely of drystone construction. A 2.5m wide entrance gap at NE has been blocked with drystone walling. A 2nd gap at SE measures 2.25m in width and is defined to E by a modern gate-pillar.

The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 506. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

Date of upload: 7 August 2013