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Ringfort - rath

Caher (Magunihy By.), County Kerry, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Caher, County Kerry, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Caher (Magunihy By.)
County
Kerry
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
NULL
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
52.07952, -9.53748
SMR number
KE066-028----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1841 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In rough pasture, on top of a rise on a N-facing slope, with restricted views due to trees and bushes. A circular area (35m N-S; 34m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 5.8m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.75m) NW-ENE with trees on top, by a scarp (Wth 2.5m; H 0.4m) SE-SW and by an overgrown bank with several breaks SW-NW. The bank is truncated by a tree-lined linear earthen field boundary ENE-SE. The interior is covered with rushes and slopes down to the N; it is largely obscured by overgrowth and is raised (H 0.4m) at S and (H 1.15m) at N to partially compensate for the hillslope.

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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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