Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Rockfield East, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rockfield East
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.12582, -9.62152
- SMR number
- KE057-024----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
In pasture, on a SE-facing slope. A raised circular area (diam. 36m) defined by two earthen banks and an intervening fosse. The inner bank (Wth 7.15m; int. H 2.4m; ext. H 2.15m) is visible NW-ENE and a scarp (H 1.25m) is evident ENE-SW. The fosse (Wth 4.4m) is visible NW-SW and is infilled SW-NW with earthen material, probably from the levelled section of the inner bank. The outer bank (Wth 4m; int. H 1.5m; ext. H c. 1.3m) is evident all round except for a wide gap along the NNW arc. Trees grow along both banks. The interior slopes down to the SE. Field boundaries radiate from the NNW and N arcs of the outer bank.
Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork.
Date of upload: 31 January 2011
Nearby in the register
- Bridgeunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ogham stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.