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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
52.07959, -9.52715
SMR number
KE066-032----

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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 pasture, on a SE-facing slope. A roughly circular area (diam. c. 60m) defined by two banks and an intervening fosse (Wth 3.8m). The inner earthen bank (Wth c. 7.4m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 2.2m) is evident all round. The outer bank (Wth 5.1m; ext. H 1.7m) has a berm (Wth 2.1m; H 0.85m) around its internal perimeter. There are numerous breaches in both banks. There is a causeway entrance at E. The interior slopes steeply down to the SE with a break of slope at the centre, which divides the interior into NW and SE halves. A possible souterrain (KE066-032001-) is in the NE quadrant. There are farm buildings outside the outer bank at W and houses to the E and SW.

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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