Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Coolroe (dunkerron North By.), County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coolroe (dunkerron North By.)
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.03270, -9.71999
- SMR number
- KE065-095002-
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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
In undulating pasture, on the N slope of Knockroe Mountain and c. 100m S of the Glasheencorgoad stream (SMR file). A D-shaped area (c. 20m E-W), with a souterrain (KE065-095001-) just off-centre to the N, is indicated on the 1894 OS 6-inch map by a broken line NW-SSW and by a linear NNW-SSE lane on the straight SW side (L c. 22m). This possible rath is not visible at ground level, although it was noted that some reclamation has taken place in the field (SMR file). This may be 'Lios Cúláin', as noted by Ó Cíobháin (1978, 99). The opening to the souterrain is located within the interior of a hut site (KE065-095----). (O'Sullivan and Sheehan (1996, 398, no. 1207)
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 30 May 2011
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.