Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Acres (corkaguiny By.), County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Acres (corkaguiny By.)
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.13033, -10.10541
- SMR number
- KE054-060----
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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. 25m N-S, 31m E-W.
This oval univallate rath lies on the lower N slopes of Knocknanacree, about 300m S of another rath (KE054-056----) and 300m N of Cahernanacree (KE054-064----). The earthen enclosing bank reaches a maximum height of 1.25m on the downhill side where the interior is raised above the external ground level. It has been removed completely in the SSE sector, directly S of the probable entrance gap at SE. An oval drystone-built structure abuts the inner face of the bank in the vicinity of the entrance. It measures 5.6m x 4.1m internally, and the walling is up to .7m high and 2m wide. Other features in the interior include some heaps and scatters of stone and a modern field fence and drain.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 282. 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
- Structureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.