Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Gortnaskarry, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gortnaskarry
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.09222, -9.70717
- SMR number
- KE057-074----
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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
Internal diam. 38.3m NE-SW
Located on a low rise about 100m SW of the confluence of the Laune and Gweestin rivers, this roughly circular rath is enclosed by a heavily overgrown bank and external fosse. At SW the fosse is 1.1m deep below external ground level and measures 4.3m wide. Here the bank rises to a height of 4.3m and falls 1.3m to the interior of the site. The bank has a basal width of 3.3m. The interior is obscured with dense vegetation and no surface features are apparent.
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. 519. 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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.