Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ardrinane, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ardrinane
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.14719, -10.05529
- SMR number
- KE044-119----
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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. 27m N-S, 25.5m E-W.
A roughly circular univallate rath situated on a slight SE facing slope about 225m E of the Owenascaul river. The external fosse is a maximum of .6m deep and 4m wide. The earthen enclosing bank is up to 2.5m high externally and 1.25m internally. The entrance faces ESE and is now 3.5m wide. The interior is occupied by a series of cultivation ridges and there is a tradition of a souterrain at the site.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 292. 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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Rock artunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.