Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Doorah, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Doorah
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.14104, -10.08236
- SMR number
- KE044-122----
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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. 43.2m N-S, 47.6m E-W
Situated on the N side of the Knocknanacree ridge, overlooking the Anascaul valley, this oval univallate enclosure is defined by an earthen bank faced with drystone masonry. Along all but the N sector of the site, the bank acts as a boundary fence to a laneway and it does not differ in construction from adjacent field fences; it averages 1.2m in height. In the N sector, the bank rises only .5m above the interior but it is 1.5m high externally. The interior is bisected N-S by a field fence and the E part is similarly bisected E-W. The site is not marked on the OS maps as an antiquity and its classification as a ringfort is not certain.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 395. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 6 August 2013
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