Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballyledder, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyledder
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.04667, -9.74097
- SMR number
- KE065-084----
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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
The circular enclosure marked at this location on the second edition of the OS maps was levelled in the 1950s (local information). Its W half survives as a raised platform, standing 1.6m above external ground level. This, combined with slight surface indications of an enclosing bank elsewhere, suggests that the enclosure measured approximately 31m N-S x 34m E-W. The site was located on a low natural rise just N of Knockbrack mountain. Lispadrickmore (KE065-085----), a rath, lies about 120m to ESE.
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. 631. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 29 July 2013
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.