Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Caherdean, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Caherdean
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.13301, -9.56588
- SMR number
- KE058-132001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
In pasture, at the base of a W-facing slope. The arc of the bank (min. Wth 0.9m; ext. H 0.95m) of this rath is visible W-SE but is difficult to inspect due to overgrowth. Stones are dumped in places along the bank. A N-S stream is adjacent to the W terminal of the bank. The interior of the rath is covered with overgrowth. Two large stone slabs, lying on clear ground in the N sector, may indicate the location of a possible souterrain (KE058-132002-). This rath is indicated on the 1894 OS 6-inch map as a D-shaped area (c. 20m NE-SW) with a straight SW side (L c. 30m). A well is indicated in the W sector on the 1894 OS 6-inch map. In the 1840s it was recorded that this rath was known locally as 'Lissatobbar from a spring well which is a little to the S. of it' (OSNB, Kilcredane, 17).
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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.