Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Knockacullig South, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockacullig South
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.11206, -9.48059
- SMR number
- KE058-051----
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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 SW-facing slope. A circular area (c. 30m E-W) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 2.35m; int. H 1.05m; ext. H 1m) which is incorporated into the field boundary system along the S arc. The bank is breached at E, SE, SW and WSW. The interior, which is level, appears to be raised on the W side to compensate for the hillslope. An E-W trackway extends from the breach in the bank in the SE arc to the breach at SW. A N-S lane tangentially abuts and cuts into the bank along the W arc, externally. This rath was recorded in the 1840s as being 'in the West end' of Knockacullig South (OSNB, Kilcummin, no. 2, 23).
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
- Burnt spreadunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Kiln - limeunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.