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Ringfort - rath

Nantinan, County Kerry, Ireland

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Townland
Nantinan
County
Kerry
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
NULL
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
52.11134, -9.69996
SMR number
KE057-040----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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 the break of a gentle SE-facing slope. A low rise and undulations define an area (diam. c. 38m) in the approximate location of the rath. According to local information, the rath was levelled 'years ago'. This is probably the rath which was recorded as 'East Nantenane fort' in the 1840s (OSNB, Killorglin, no. 1, 5). It is indicated as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m) on the 1846 OS 6-inch map. An oval enclosure (c. 40m N-S; c. 35m E-W) is indicated on the 1895 OS 6-inch map with a field boundary curving to respect it along the W arc.

Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork.

Date of upload: 31 January 2011

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

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