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Ringfort - rath

Cromane Upper, County Kerry, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Cromane Upper, County Kerry, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Cromane Upper
County
Kerry
Country
Ireland
Coordinates
52.10182, -9.90622
SMR number
KE055-003----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Internal diam. 30m N-S, 35m E-W
Lisnageeha / Lios na Gaoithe: This rath is located at the W side of the landward end of Cromane Spit, an elongated promontory which juts into Dingle Bay. A single earthen bank encloses a roughly circular and densely overgrown area. The bank reaches a maximum height of 2m and measures 3m in maximum width. Within the enclosure at NW is a standing stone of tapered elevation; it measures 1.8m high, .9m wide and .7m thick at base; E-W. A second standing stone previously stood nearby outside the site (local information).

The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 498. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

Date of upload: 28 July 2013

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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