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Ringfort - rath

Nantinan, County Kerry, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Nantinan, 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
Nantinan
County
Kerry
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Indicated
Coordinates
52.10918, -9.69148
SMR number
KE057-114----

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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 level ground. An arc of earthen bank (Wth 3.3m; int. H 1.9m; ext. H 2.6m) evident NE-W is the remains of a rath (diam. c. 38m). According to local information, the N half of the rath was levelled 'decades ago'. A field drain skirts the base of the bank, externally NE-WSW. Remnants of a breeze-block wall abut the bank externally at WSW. A garden shed abuts the bank externally at W. A small drystone wall extends N from the bank terminal at W. Mature tree grow along the bank. The S portion of the interior, which is now a garden, is raised (H 0.7m) to compensate for the hillslope. According to local information, a possible entrance was located at NNW, in a poorly drained area. There is a possible souterrain (KE057-114001-) in the levelled N half of the rath.

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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