Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Coumduff, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coumduff
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.17027, -10.06808
- SMR number
- KE044-025----
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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. 29m
This subcircular, univallate rath is located directly E of the village of Coumduffmore, on a SE facing slope overlooking Dromavally Bog to E. The earthen enclosing bank is c. 2m high externally, 1.5m high internally and c. 3m wide. The SE facing entrance is 1.7m wide. One side of the latter is defined by a large, upright slab, and a 2nd slab, now collapsed, may also have been a jamb stone. There are several low mounds in the N part of the interior but they do not appear to form any recognisable feature.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 372. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 6 August 2013
Nearby in the register
- Cupmarked stoneunder 1 mi
- Standing stone - pairunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.