Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Baile An Mhuilinn (corca Dhuibhne), County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Baile An Mhuilinn (corca Dhuibhne)
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.13882, -10.29121
- SMR number
- KE043-216----
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Shown on 4 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
Internal diam. 44.3m
Lisnaboonsee/Lios na bhFonsaí: Situated on fairly level ground at the NW side of Dingle Harbour. This is a circular univallate rath, enclosed by an earthen bank, with an external fosse visible only in the W quadrant. The latter is c. 1.2m wide and no more than .2m deep. The bank is a maximum of 1.5m high externally and 1.26m high internally, but much of the E half of the site is defined merely by a scarp which falls 1.5m from the interior to the external ground level. Some stones are present in the faces of the bank in the N sector, but there is no definite evidence for revetment walling. Breaks in the bank occur at NNW, SE and W, but it is not clear where the original entrance lay. The large oval mound of stones which occupies the centre of the interior is probably a field clearance cairn.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 507. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 7 August 2013
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