Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballynane, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynane
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.16160, -10.02248
- SMR number
- KE045-055----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Internal diam. 19m N-S, 22m E-W
A roughly circular univallate rath situated on the lower NW slopes of Brickany mountain overlooking the Anascaul valley. The condition of the earthen enclosing bank varies considerably. On the uphill side, it is .9 to 1.9m high internally and c. 1m high externally. On the downhill side, the interior is raised above the external ground level so that, though the bank is .5m high or less above the interior, it is c. 1.5m high externally. A small SE-NW flowing stream skirts the lower edge of the scarp in the NE sector.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 338. 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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.