Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Fionntrá, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Fionntrá
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.12403, -10.38037
- SMR number
- KE052-042----
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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. 21.5m E-W, 20.5m N-S
This bivallate roughly oval rath lies on level ground about 350m W of Ventry Strand. The outer bank is present around the E half of the site only and the fosse, which is clearly defined where protected by the outer bank, is only faintly discernible around the W half of the enclosure. The fosse rises 1m to the crest of the outer bank and up to 2m to the inner bank. The latter is a maximum of 1m high above the interior. The S end of the outer bank appears to turn inwards to meet the inner bank. This feature may be the remains of a causeway but, though the inner bank is very low at this point, there is no definite entrance. There is a 2nd possible entrance at N.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 533. 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
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.