Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Faghbane, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Faghbane
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.04844, -9.46844
- SMR number
- KE067-031----
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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 pasture, on an elevation to the E of Killarney and 260m S of the Flesk River. A circular area (diam. c. 31m) defined by an earthen bank (int. H 0.8m; ext. H 1.5m), totally obscured by dense overgrowth. It is indicated as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) on the 1846 and 1893-4 OS 6-inch maps and is visible as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) on an aerial photograph (OSAP, 3748-47) taken in 1983. There is another rath (KE067-089----) c. 90m to the ESE.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.