Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Baile Na Saor íochtarach, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Baile Na Saor íochtarach
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.13863, -10.10729
- SMR number
- KE054-054----
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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
Internal diam. 16.8m E-W, 15.5m N-S
A roughly circular bivallate rath situated in the large triangle of land that lies S of the Dingle to Anascaul road, between 2 streams which flow S to Minard. The outer bank was formerly continuous (2nd edition OS map), but has now been removed along the N side of the enclosure. The SW section is used and maintained as a field boundary and is therefore more substantial than the SE section which is .8m high externally and 1.6m high above the base of the fosse. The inner bank rises 2.65m above the fosse and 1.1m above the interior. Its inner flank is faced with drystone masonry, now considerably collapsed. Access to the interior is by means of a causewayed entrance at SE, the gaps in the inner and outer banks being 2m and 5.5m wide respectively.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 342. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 6 August 2013
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