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Ringfort - rath

Callanafersy West, County Kerry, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Callanafersy West, 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
Callanafersy West
County
Kerry
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
52.13324, -9.77911
SMR number
KE056-003----

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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

National Monument No. 238. Situated in a level field used as pasture. The site is abutting the southern field wall, which has destroyed a small portion of the fort bank. The site is approx. 600m north of the Laune River. The reeks can clearly be seen to the south. Poorly preserved remains consist of a circular area (dims. 14.2m N-S x 24.5m E-W) enclosed by a poorly preserved earthen bank (int. H 0.55m; ext. H 1m; Wth 3.6m). A 15m portion of the bank on the N-NE side is completely destroyed. There is no visible entrance. On the west side of the fort under the bank there is a souterrain opening 0.45m x 0.6m. The souterrain opening is very much collapsed and inaccessible. However, the souterrain runs in a NE SW direction for approx. 6m. Internally there are no other features and the fort measures overall 18.2 N-S x 31.5m E-W.

Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien

Date of upload: 10 May 2022

Nearby in the register

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

Sites and Monuments Record data: National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Record text is reproduced unchanged. National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland · CC BY 4.0
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