Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballynamaunagh, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynamaunagh
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.09275, -9.48440
- SMR number
- KE058-100----
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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)
- 1868 · 4. 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 NW-facing slope, towards the top of a low hill. A roughly circular area (28m N-S; 26.5m E-W) defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 4.6m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.65m) N-SE and by a scarp (H 2.2m) SE-N. Slight traces of an outer fosse (Wth c. 3.3m) are evident E-SE. There is a slightly raised, stony area along the top edge of the scarp at W. Boulders and stones are piled up against the scarp along the E arc. The interior appears to be raised at W to compensate for the hillslope. It slopes gently down towards an entrance (Wth 2m) at E. An earth and stone ridge (L 7m; Wth c. 1.3m; H 0.5m), on a NW-SE axis, is situated in the NE quadrant. There is possible stone-facing on the bank at the N side of the entrance. There is a cattle gap at SE. This is the rath, called 'Ballynamaanagh Fort' and which had a trigonometrical station in it, which was recorded in the 1840s (OSNB, Kilcummin, no. 2, 5). A roughly oval depression (14m N-S; 8m E-W; D c. 0.2m), kinking inwards along the E and W arcs, is c. 14m to the SE 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
- Country houseunder 1 mi
- Designed landscape - avenueunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.