Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballynane, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynane
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.16400, -10.01278
- SMR number
- KE045-057----
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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. c. 16 to 18m
This roughly circular univallate rath is very poorly preserved. It is situated in steeply-sloping pasture land on the lower NNW slopes of Brickany mountain. The earthen enclosing bank is preserved for a distance of only 11m at SE. It measures 1.2m high internally, .4m high externally and is c. 2.5m wide at base. The remainder of the E half of the site is defined by a 1.3m high scarp, and the bank around the W half of the site is only vaguely discernible.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 339. 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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.