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Ringfort - rath

Killeagh (Magunihy By.), County Kerry, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Killeagh, County Kerry, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Killeagh (Magunihy By.)
County
Kerry
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
NULL
Latest-edition OS map
Monearmore Fort
Coordinates
52.16650, -9.53057
SMR number
KE048-061----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1841 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In pasture, on a W-facing slope. A subcircular area (44.8m E-W; 36.8m N-S), covered by overgrowth, defined by an earthen bank (int. H 0.65m; ext. H 0.7m). The bank NW-NNE and along the NE arc may have been raised to create a field boundary. A possible external fosse is evident SE-W. There are breaks (Wth 2m) in the bank at ENE and S. The interior slopes down to the WSW. A trackway skirts the bank externally NW-NNE. There is a possible souterrain (KE048-061001-) in this rath. A possible fulacht fia (KE048-060----) lies c. 25m to the SW. (Castleisland District Archaeological Survey)

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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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