Ringfort - rath

The National Monuments Service's description

In pasture, on a gentle SW-facing slope, c. 90m E of the Killarney-Tralee road. A circular area (c. 46m E-W; c. 42m N-S) defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 5.45m; int. H 1.4m; ext. H 1.25m) which is breached in numerous places. The interior slopes gently down to the SW and a circular raised area was noted towards the centre. A linear ridge (H c. 0.25m), on a N-S axis, is situated to the N of the centre. The remains of a hut site (KE058-092001-) are in the NE quadrant. There is a possible entrance at SE. A N-S field boundary tangentially abuts the bank externally along the W arc. An E-W field drain and boundary are situated to the S of the rath. Four piles of dumped material, probably from the field drain, were noted between the S arc of the rath and the field drain. An outer ring of hachures NW-SSE, indicated on the 1894 OS 6-inch map, could represent an outer bank or fosse.

Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork.

Date of upload: 31 January 2011