Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Baile Na Saor íochtarach, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Baile Na Saor íochtarach
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.14281, -10.10437
- SMR number
- KE044-105----
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
This roughly circular ringfort has been almost completely destroyed. The outlines of the bank and fosse are still vaguely discernible as a crop mark. The enclosure appears to have been about 44m in overall diameter and the bank was about 4m wide at base. Ashe (1954) described the site as bivallate but there is no trace now of an outer bank. He also noted a large souterrain. The site lies close to the N side of the main Dingle to Anascaul road, on a SE facing slope with good views in all directions.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 629. 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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.