Ringfort - rath

The National Monuments Service's description

Internal diam. 22m N-S, 21m E-W
This bivallate rath is located in pasture adjacent to a modern roadway. Mature trees crown the tops of both banks and its interior is largely obscured with dense vegetation. A high wall bounds the S side of the roadway and overlies the bank at NE. The outer bank rises to an average external height of .8m, has a basal width of 2.9m and falls a maximum of 1.4m to the base of the flat-bottomed, 4.75m wide, fosse. The flat-topped inner bank is largely composed of earth and gravel, rises 1.75m high externally, measures 4.5m in basal width and up to .8m above the featureless interior of the site. A probable causeway, 2.8m wide, traverses the fosse at NW and may represent the location of the original entrance.

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. 494. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

Date of upload: 28 July 2013