Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Reen (Trughanacmy By.), County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Reen (Trughanacmy By.)
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.12060, -9.79806
- SMR number
- KE056-008001-
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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. 27m ENE-WSW
Lisnakeellough/Lios na Coille: This heavily overgrown bivallate rath is located in low-lying land S of the Laune river estuary. The external bank and fosse are only extant in the W sector, where the bank rises .6m above external ground level and averages 2.5m wide. The flat-bottomed fosse reaches a maximum depth of 1.2m, and a basal width of 4.6m. The overgrown inner bank rises up to 4m from the fosse and measures 3.5m wide at WSW. It is composed of earth with a substantial content of small stones. It falls 1m on average to the much modified interior of the rath which has been used as a farmyard, and contains concrete sheds in its NW quadrant. A concrete pillar and gate occur at a gap in the bank at SE, which may mark the original entrance to the site. An opening to an inaccessible stone-built souterrain (KE056-008002-) occurs on the external face of the bank at W.
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. 543. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 29 July 2013
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Buildingunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.