Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Baile An Liaigh, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Baile An Liaigh
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.13609, -10.39459
- SMR number
- KE052-040----
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 2 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. 40m N-S, 42m E-W.
A roughly circular univallate rath situated on a S facing slope on the NE side of the valley that extends SE from Coumaleague Hill to Ventry Harbour. Around the S half of the site, the bank has been reduced to a c. 1.5m high scarp, the level of the interior being higher than that of the surrounding land on this downslope side. The bank around the remainder of the perimeter averages 1m in height and part of it is used and maintained as a field boundary. A 1m wide gap at E may mark the original entrance; its N side is defined by a single boulder. Cultivation ridges and a probable clearance cairn occupy the interior.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 300. 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
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.