Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Keelties, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Keelties
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.14347, -9.63470
- SMR number
- KE047-077----
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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
In pasture, on level ground. A raised subcircular area (28m NW-SE; 25m NE-SW) defined by a scarp (H 0.85m) N-SE, by an earthen bank (Wth c. 1.7m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1.2m) SE-W and by a linear ENE-WSW field boundary which truncates the NW sector. An external fosse (Wth c. 2.2m; D c. 1m) is evident S-W, obscured by furze bushes. A wide breach in the bank along the SE arc may represent the original entrance. There is a possible souterrain (KE047-077001-) in the centre. The rath is indicated on the 1846 OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) while on the 1894 OS 6-inch map only the S half of it is indicated.
Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork.
Date of upload: 31 January 2011
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.