Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballyhar, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyhar
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.11995, -9.56243
- SMR number
- KE058-031----
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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 NW-facing slope. A circular area (c. 28m E-W) defined by a low rise W-E and by a scarp, which slopes inwards towards the concave interior, E-W. The low rise marking the line of the levelled bank is most noticeable along the NE arc where it is adjacent to a field boundary. According to the landowner, the field is known as 'the fort field'. The rath is indicated on the 1846 OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 25m). This is probably the rath in the N side of Ballyhar which was mentioned in the 1840s (OSNB, Kilcredane, 12).
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
- Mass-rockunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Bridgeunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.