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Ringfort - rath

Teernaboul, County Kerry, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Teernaboul, 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
Teernaboul
County
Kerry
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
NULL
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
52.06297, -9.46613
SMR number
KE067-014----

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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)
  • 1868 · 4. 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 the edge of a sharp fall of ground down to the valley of the Woodford River. The E portion of the rath is truncated by a N-S field boundary. The interior (diam. 28m N-S; dim. 18m E-W) is defined by a scarp (H 0.45m) along the S and W arcs and by a partially levelled grass-covered bank (Wth 13m; int. H 0.47m; ext. H 0.98m) along the N arc. Darker soil noted at the base of the scarp may be evidence for a fosse. The interior slopes gently down to the E. The rath is indicated as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) on the 1846 OS 6-inch map. On the 1893-4 OS 6-inch map it is indicated as a circular raised area (diam. c. 25m) with the E arc incorporated into the field boundary system. Two pits (KE067-121----, KE067-121001-) lie c. 150m to the NW.

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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