Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Cromane Upper, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cromane Upper
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.10182, -9.90622
- SMR number
- KE055-003----
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Shown on 4 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. 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
- Middenunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Middenunder 1 mi
- Midden1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.