Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Clash (magunihy By.), County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Clash (magunihy By.)
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.04717, -9.44653
- SMR number
- KE067-099----
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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 undulating pasture, on top of an elevation with views S to Mangerton Mountain. According to local information, a roughly circular mound (7m E-W; 6m N-S; H 1.9m) mainly of stones of varying shapes and sizes, is the remains of a rath. The field in which this mound is situated is known as the 'fort field'.
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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.