Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
An Coimín (tc An Mhín Aird), County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- An Coimín (tc An Mhín Aird)
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.11232, -10.18626
- SMR number
- KE054-075----
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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. 12.7m N-S, 14.2m E-W
This roughly circular cashel, located about 150m W of KE054-076----, contains the ruined remains of 2 stone huts. The enclosing wall is very poorly preserved and has disappeared completely for much of its circumference. The entrance passage faces SE. Directly inside the entrance passage are the ruins of a subcircular hut measuring 2.5m x 1.8m internally; the wall is .95m thick where both faces are traceable. Directly W of this is a 2nd larger hut with a maximum internal diameter of 5.6m; the wall is c. 1.5m thick but is not preserved to any great height. The entrance passage at N is .95m wide. Three chambers, possibly sheep-shelters, have been built into the thickness of the wall of the hut.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 560. 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
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.