Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Oileán An Phocáin,an Bhánóg Theas, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Oileán An Phocáin,an Bhánóg Theas
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.15356, -10.13100
- SMR number
- KE044-045----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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. 25m N-S, 22m E-W
This univallate rath is situated on a gentle S facing slope. The W half of the earthen enclosing bank forms part of the townland boundary between Banoge South and Puckisland, and this section has either been replaced with a stone wall or faced both internally and externally with drystone masonry. The E half of the bank is 1.5 to 2m high externally, .8m high internally and c. 2m wide at base. The E facing entrance is 2m wide, and the 2 gaps at N and S are secondary features. A slight external fosse is visible only around the W half of the site.
A single hut is discernible in the interior. It is c. 6m in diameter internally and the wall is reduced to a stony bank, 2m wide and .7m high. The entrance faces E. A low, concentric mound flanks the SW side of the hut.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 345. 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
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.