Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Inch East (corkaguiny By.), County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Inch East (corkaguiny By.)
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.14564, -9.97108
- SMR number
- KE045-088----
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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. 18.8m
This circular univallate rath is situated in rough, wet pastureland on the level coastal strip that borders the N side of Castlemaine Harbour. A shallow fosse can be traced around most of the circumference. It is 3.4m wide and up to .45m deep. The bank survives to a maximum height of 1.8m internally and 2m externally. A short section of the bank in the SE quadrant has been replaced by a stone wall, and on either side of this the bank is revetted internally with drystone masonry. This stonework is probably secondary, and, as the bank is otherwise continuous, the stone wall probably blocks the original entrance.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 461. 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
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Fontunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.