Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Baile An Phléamannaigh (tc Na Gleannta), County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Baile An Phléamannaigh (tc Na Gleannta)
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.14687, -10.21949
- SMR number
- KE043-238----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Internal diam. 31.5m N-S, 30.2m E-W
This poorly-preserved univallate rath is situated in rough wet pasture about 150m N of KE043-244----. The SE half of the roughly circular interior is defined by a drop of .5 to 1m to the external ground level. The remainder of the enclosure is defined by an earthen bank up to 1.4m high and 3m wide at base. The W portion of the bank now forms part of a field fence and its relatively vertical faces suggest modification. A 2 to 3m wide gap at NW may mark the location of the original entrance. There are faint traces of an external fosse along the S sector. The interior is densely overgrown with ferns and the only discernible features are a mound of stones near the centre and a 6m wide hollow abutting the inner edge of the bank at NE.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 419. 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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.