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Ringfort - rath

Rosnacartan Beg, County Kerry, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Rosnacartan Beg, 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
Rosnacartan Beg
County
Kerry
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
NULL
Latest-edition OS map
Lismarnaun
Coordinates
52.08919, -9.63184
SMR number
KE057-089----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1841 · 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

In pasture, on a W-facing slope. A raised circular area (diam. 34m) defined by the remains of three banks and two intervening fosses. The low inner bank (Wth 3.1m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 3.9m) is evident NE-SW; elsewhere the interior is defined by a scrap. The innermost intervening fosse (Wth 3.3m) is obscured by overgrowth. The middle bank (Wth 6.2m; int. H 1.1m; ext. H 1.15m) is evident SE-NE and is covered by overgrowth. A field boundary radiates from the W arc. The outermost intervening fosse (Wth c. 2m) is evident SE-W. The remains of the outer bank (Wth 6.3m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H c. 0.2m) are evident SE-WSW. Two slightly raised parallel E-W banks cross the interior to the N and S of the centre: the N bank (Wth 5.9m; int. H 0.55m; ext. H 0.3m); the S bank (Wth 4.2m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.35m). A lane truncates the E portion of the rath. There is a possible souterrain (KE057-089001-) in the interior.

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

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

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