Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Brookhill, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Brookhill
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.06776, -9.72758
- SMR number
- KE065-030----
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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
This poorly preserved univallate rath is located in good grazing land a short distance W of Tullynascally stream, and affords broad views over low-lying pastureland to E. It is noted as 'Lisin an Fhearainn' by Ó Cíobháin (1978, 52). The enclosing bank of earth and stone is densely overgrown and survives only as a low scarp along the W sector. At E it survives to a maximum height of 1.85m above external ground level and averages 2.1m in basal width and .85m in internal height. The interior of the site is featureless and the original entrance is not discernible.
The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 472. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 28 July 2013
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.