Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Knockearagh, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockearagh
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.07625, -9.42335
- SMR number
- KE067-103----
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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 a S-facing slope with views SE to The Paps of Dana. An arc (C 60m) of a scarp (H 0.2m) NE-E and of a low earthen bank (Wth 2.6m; int. H 0.25m; ext. H 1m) E-SE abuts the E side of a field boundary. This may be the remains of a rath, but there are no visible remains of it on the W side of the field boundary. A possible souterrain (KE067-102----) was recently found at the SE terminus of the arc. There is a local tradition of a rath in the area.
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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.